In July 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a “bit of scruff” in the radio data she was receiving at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory. Together with her Ph.D. advisor Antony Hewish, she zeroed in and followed up on the strange signal. On Feb. 24, 1968, the pair (together with three additional co-authors) published in the Continue reading "Feb. 24, 1968: Discovery of pulsars is announced" The post Feb. 24, 1968: Discovery of pulsars is announced appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .