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OCR: JOCELYN BELL BURNELL JOCELYN BELL BURNELL is an astronomer who discovered a new type of star called a pulsar. She began her career as part of a research team looking for new ways of locating quasars. The team built a large radio telescope and began surveying the sky in July 1967. In November of that year, Bell Burnell came across a pulsating radio signal. This was later identified as a pulsating star, or pulsar. Antony Hewish (1924- ), her research supervisor and head of the team, went on to receive the Nobel prize for physics for this discovery. (1943-) A-7. SEL LIFE NEXT ALSO STORY