15: Neutron Stars - with Jocelyn Bell Burnell

"I was tracking down every signal that it picked up, and there was one signal that I couldn't make sense of." Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell gives Izzie and Dr Becky a neutron star 101 and tells them how she discovered pulsars in the 1960s. Plus, Dr Robert Massey takes on your questions and tells us what to look out for in the spring night sky. Book Club Recommendations Forgotten Women: The Scientists - Zing Tsjeng Six Impossible Things - John Gribbin The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) - Katie Mack Vera Rubin: A Life - Jacqueline and Simon MittonCosmos - Carl SaganThe Book Nobody Read - Owen GingerichDon't forget to send your questions or space book club recommendations to [email protected] or tweet @RoyalAstroSoc using #RASSupermassive. The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media Production by Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. Want to support the show? Join The Supermassive Club for exclusive content, star-gazing forums and ad-free listening... supermassive.supportingcast.fmAnd keep adding to The Supermassive Mailbox with your pictures and questions for the team. Send them to [email protected] or follow them on Instagram, @SupermassivePod.The Supermassive Podcast is a Boffin Media production for the Royal Astronomical Society. The producers are Izzie Clarke and Richard Hollingham. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.