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What significant discovery did she make as a postgraduate student in 1967?
First radio pulsars
Black holes
Dark matter
Higgs Boson particle
Answer
As a postgraduate student in 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first radio pulsars. She was working on a PhD project at Cambridge University's Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory when she noticed unusual signals coming from the sky. She initially thought they were interference from satellites, but later realized that they were coming from a rapidly rotating neutron star.
Discovering the Stars: The Extraordinary Journey of Jocelyn Bell Burnell
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True or false: Bell Burnell was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her discovery?
Which University did she serve as Chancellor of since 2018?
Bell Burnell was president of which of the following?
In which years was Bell Burnell president of the Royal Astronomical Society?
Apart from the Royal Astronomical Society, which other organization did she serve as president?
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