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In 1967 Jocelyn Bell Burnell made a discovery that revolutionized the field of astronomy. She detected the radio signals emitted by certain dying stars called pulsars. <\/p>\n

This encore episode: Jocelyn’s story. <\/p>\n

Scientist in Residence Regina G. Barber talks to Jocelyn about her winding career, her discovery and how pulsars are pushing forward the field of astronomy today.<\/p>\n

Have cosmic queries and unearthly musings? Contact us at <\/em>shortwave@npr.org<\/em>. We might open an intergalactic case file and reveal our findings in a future episode.<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen to Short Wave on <\/em>Spotify<\/em> and <\/em>Apple Podcasts<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at <\/em>plus.npr.org\/shortwave<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n

This episode was produced by Berly McCoy, edited by Rebecca Ramirez and fact checked by Rachel Carlson. The audio engineer was Natasha Branch.<\/em> <\/p>\n