2026-07-15 10:42 UTC
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@minouette@spore.social 2026-07-15 11:19
She noted some “scruff” on her chart-recorder, & that pulses were regular, occurring every 1.337 seconds. Hewish was initially scornful & insisted regular pulses must be noise from a human made source. He dubbed this object ‘LGM 1’ for “Little Green Men 1”, a playful joke about their uncertainty about what could emit radiation so regularly -obviously it could only be a communication from extraterrestrials haha! After she found other such sources, in different places with different frequencies, 🧵
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@fullywoolly@mastodon.social 2026-07-15 15:36
@minouette@spore.social That's quite the achievement for a grad student. What a cool story. What did she use to detect it if they were building a radio telescope? Did they have one and needed a better one? Or was this one of their first measurements?
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@dj3ei@mastodon.radio 2026-07-16 20:41
I don't generally recommend material published on Youtube, but here is an exception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot1Ggv6YZyQ is the fascinating tale told by #astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell herself how she discovered quasars in 1967. The presentation is quite accessible given just a modest interest in science, and also grants some insight into academic live in the late 60s. Enjoyable to watch, as that fabulous lady's got wisdom and humor! 72 minutes. Thanks to @minouette@spore.social for bringing up the topic! 🧵
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@ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us 2026-07-19 03:13
@minouette@spore.social I am so impressed that you carved all of the famous frequency figure. How long did that take?