@bunny_jane

#MargaretHamilton
#VeraRubin
#JocelynBellBurnell
#Astonomy

Noticed on rewatch of #Contact:

#Sagan may have purposely set Ellie's home in #SETI nemesis Bill Proxmire's home state
#CultChristianity was not exaggerated
Some parallels between Ellie & #JocelynBellBurnell
"They should've sent a poet"
Mir was the only space station in 1997
S.R. Hadden may have been modeled after Howard Hughs or precient of #ElonMusk
Good astronomy & radio details
I miss #Arecibo's radio telescope
Did #SunMicrosystems not pay for product placement?

RT @giantmagellan@twitter.com

#OTD in 1967, trailblazing astrophysicist #JocelynBellBurnell helped shape our understanding of the universe by providing the first direct evidence of pulsars, aka rotating neutron stars, marking one of the most significant scientific achievements of the 20th century.

@mcnees An amazing tale of one tenacious women’s scientific discovery (and of the mansplainers who went on to take the credit!)

As an erstwhile student of physics, I was lucky enough to meet Jocelyn at an Athena SWAN lecture a few years ago (she was one of the founders of the initiative)

#WomenInSTEM #JocelynBellBurnell #AthenaSWAN #pulsar

Jocelyn Bell Burnell transformed astronomy #OTD in 1967 when she made the first observation of a pulsar.

She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star.

#astronomy #pulsars #neutronstars #JocelynBellBurnell

Due to their precision, pulsars could act as navigational beacons for interstellar travel.

Because graduate student contributions to discoveries were not recognised at the time, Jocelyn's male PhD supervisor was awarded the Nobel Prize for discovering pulsars in 1974, considered one of the most important astronomical discoveries of the 20th century. (2/2)

#JocelynBellBurnell #pulsars #RadioAstronomy #RadioWaves #RadioTelescope #Cambridge#NobelPrize #Astrophysics #stars #soundbeyondmusic

For #scienceweek #ireland we have a quote from Jocelyn Bell Burnell & we couldn't agree more with her. We need diversity STEM!

#wisewordswednesday #jocelynbellburnell #representationmatters #womeninscience #irishscientist #primaryscience #primaryeducation #homeschoolscience

#British #astrophysicist overlooked by Nobels wins $3m award for #pulsar work | #Science | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/06/jocelyn-bell-burnell-british-astrophysicist-overlooked-by-nobels-3m-award-pulsars

#Physics #Astrophysics #Pulsars #JocelynBellBurnell #UK

Congrats to Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell for winning the special Breakthrough prize in fundamental physics for her landmark work on pulsars and a lifetime of inspiring leadership in the scientific community.

#Physics #Astronomy #Awards #JocelynBellBurnell #Astronomers #Pulsars #BreakthroughPrize

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/sep/06/jocelyn-bell-burnell-british-astrophysicist-overlooked-by-nobels-3m-award-pulsars