Today, Dr Jocelyn Bell Burnell is celebrated as one of the world’s leading astrophysicists for her 1967 discovery of radio pulsars. 👩‍🔬🔭 Yet the 1974 Nobel Prize for this work was awarded to her male supervisor - a stark reminder of how often women’s achievements went unrecognised. Our Rebels and Revolutionaries: Women’s History tour shares her story, alongside trailblazers like Kay McNulty, Mother Jones and Fanny Durack. Join us daily at 1pm from 3rd - 7th March, in the lead-up to Internatio

#OnThisDay 1943: Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who was responsible for the discovery of pulsars, was born in Lurgan. Here she is on The Sky at Night in 1984, talking about neutron stars. | BBC Archive