Jocelyn Bell Burnell

The real eureka moment for me was I was reading a book by Fred Hoyle where he was talking about these big galaxies, you know, 100,000 million stars. And Fred Hoyle in this book was talking about how these galaxies rotate, spin about their center.

And we're learning about this in school, and Fred's talking about these galaxies with stars rotating, and what keeps them going around in a circle and not flying off into space. I think, wow, I like this physics. I could be an astronomer and do this for a job. Life was just a blank page for her to fill in. And then somebody pointed out to me the obvious. Astronomers work at night.

And we're learning about this in school, and Fred's talking about these galaxies with stars rotating, and what keeps them going around in a circle and not flying off into space. I think, wow, I like this physics. I could be an astronomer and do this for a job. Life was just a blank page for her to fill in. And then somebody pointed out to me the obvious. Astronomers work at night.

And we're learning about this in school, and Fred's talking about these galaxies with stars rotating, and what keeps them going around in a circle and not flying off into space. I think, wow, I like this physics. I could be an astronomer and do this for a job. Life was just a blank page for her to fill in. And then somebody pointed out to me the obvious. Astronomers work at night.

And as a teenager, in fact, even still now, I'm useless if I stay up all night. They thought, oh, I can't be an astronomer.

And as a teenager, in fact, even still now, I'm useless if I stay up all night. They thought, oh, I can't be an astronomer.

And as a teenager, in fact, even still now, I'm useless if I stay up all night. They thought, oh, I can't be an astronomer.

because the sun doesn't dominate the radio sky the way it dominates the light sky.

because the sun doesn't dominate the radio sky the way it dominates the light sky.

because the sun doesn't dominate the radio sky the way it dominates the light sky.

I'm the person operating this radio telescope, looking for radio waves from stars and galaxies, particularly quasars, out there in space. I can't honestly remember what the definition was at the time I started, except that they were intriguing and mysterious.

I'm the person operating this radio telescope, looking for radio waves from stars and galaxies, particularly quasars, out there in space. I can't honestly remember what the definition was at the time I started, except that they were intriguing and mysterious.

I'm the person operating this radio telescope, looking for radio waves from stars and galaxies, particularly quasars, out there in space. I can't honestly remember what the definition was at the time I started, except that they were intriguing and mysterious.

And I got the number up from 20 to 200. We now know that they're galaxy mass things, but they have a huge black hole in their center, which really dominates their behavior in many, many ways. And we probably know of thousands by now.

And I got the number up from 20 to 200. We now know that they're galaxy mass things, but they have a huge black hole in their center, which really dominates their behavior in many, many ways. And we probably know of thousands by now.

And I got the number up from 20 to 200. We now know that they're galaxy mass things, but they have a huge black hole in their center, which really dominates their behavior in many, many ways. And we probably know of thousands by now.

But in amongst all the data, there's a little signal that doesn't make sense. And the first couple of times I see it, I log it with a question mark and it doesn't make sense.

But in amongst all the data, there's a little signal that doesn't make sense. And the first couple of times I see it, I log it with a question mark and it doesn't make sense.

But in amongst all the data, there's a little signal that doesn't make sense. And the first couple of times I see it, I log it with a question mark and it doesn't make sense.

There's real work to be done.