Regina Barber

But as she's collecting data, Jocelyn saw that odd signal again. And she recognized it. So she goes back to her miles of paper data and finds another signal that doesn't make sense.

But as she's collecting data, Jocelyn saw that odd signal again. And she recognized it. So she goes back to her miles of paper data and finds another signal that doesn't make sense.

But the pulses occupied only about a quarter of an inch on the paper. When she showed it to her thesis advisor, Anthony Hewish, he said she needed to enlarge it.

But the pulses occupied only about a quarter of an inch on the paper. When she showed it to her thesis advisor, Anthony Hewish, he said she needed to enlarge it.

But the pulses occupied only about a quarter of an inch on the paper. When she showed it to her thesis advisor, Anthony Hewish, he said she needed to enlarge it.

But she kept at it. And finally, she detected pulses again, this time in a string. One and a third seconds apart.

But she kept at it. And finally, she detected pulses again, this time in a string. One and a third seconds apart.

But she kept at it. And finally, she detected pulses again, this time in a string. One and a third seconds apart.

Antony Hewish presented the data to an audience of scientists. The data lit up the scientific community and other researchers switched gears, looking for more evidence of these pulsating radio waves. Soon, scientists concluded that the radio waves the telescope was picking up were from a neutron star's poles. And so when spinning, they might sweep the radio waves across Earth.

Antony Hewish presented the data to an audience of scientists. The data lit up the scientific community and other researchers switched gears, looking for more evidence of these pulsating radio waves. Soon, scientists concluded that the radio waves the telescope was picking up were from a neutron star's poles. And so when spinning, they might sweep the radio waves across Earth.

Antony Hewish presented the data to an audience of scientists. The data lit up the scientific community and other researchers switched gears, looking for more evidence of these pulsating radio waves. Soon, scientists concluded that the radio waves the telescope was picking up were from a neutron star's poles. And so when spinning, they might sweep the radio waves across Earth.

The discovery of pulsars amounted to a 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics for Antony Hewish, which he split with astronomer Martin Ryle, who hugely advanced the sensitivity of telescopes. After Jocelyn made her landmark discovery, she married Martin Burnell, and her career took a turn.

The discovery of pulsars amounted to a 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics for Antony Hewish, which he split with astronomer Martin Ryle, who hugely advanced the sensitivity of telescopes. After Jocelyn made her landmark discovery, she married Martin Burnell, and her career took a turn.

The discovery of pulsars amounted to a 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics for Antony Hewish, which he split with astronomer Martin Ryle, who hugely advanced the sensitivity of telescopes. After Jocelyn made her landmark discovery, she married Martin Burnell, and her career took a turn.

Peculiar because with each move, she looked for a new astronomy job.

Peculiar because with each move, she looked for a new astronomy job.

Peculiar because with each move, she looked for a new astronomy job.

And quite often got the kind of jobs you get when you go begging. And so the work wasn't always in radio astronomy. the field where she made her name unmarried.

And quite often got the kind of jobs you get when you go begging. And so the work wasn't always in radio astronomy. the field where she made her name unmarried.

And quite often got the kind of jobs you get when you go begging. And so the work wasn't always in radio astronomy. the field where she made her name unmarried.