There is stardust in your veins. We are literally, ultimately children of the stars. — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
The universe is very big - there's about 100,000 million galaxies in the universe, so that means an awful lot of stars.… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Once a star dies, it's gone forever. There are no new stars to take its place. Eventually, there will be no stars,… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
That is one of the things that has come out of the discovery of pulsars - more knowledge about the space between… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
We live inside our universe and cannot get a bird's-eye view of it from outside. And we cannot even see all of… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
In the field of astronomy in the mid-'60s, quasars were very sexy objects - gigantic, star-like masses about which little was known.… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
There's some evidence that if you're recruiting, you tend to recruit a mini-me. Then you have a very comfortable group round a table. You… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
The Sun's magnetic field reverses every 11 years. There have been a quarter of a million reversals since our predecessor, Homo Habilis, emerged, and… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
As observatory architect, my dad was partly concerned with the maintenance of them all. I used to go with him on site visits quite… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
We all have fundamental beliefs of one sort or another, and it is very threatening if somebody is saying they're wrong. — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
A search for truth seems to me to be full of pitfalls. We all have different understandings of what truth is, and we'll each… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Arguably, my student status and perhaps my gender were also my downfall with respect to the Nobel Prize, which was awarded to Professor Antony… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Solar storms cause power outages. They pose a hazard to satellites. They might interfere with your GPS or send your compass a couple of… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
I believe it would demean Nobel Prizes if they were awarded to research students, except in very exceptional cases. — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
I've enjoyed being a single person, particularly because I'm travelling a lot. It would be hard to maintain a relationship - so I've really… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
Some of the hydrogen in your body comes from the Big Bang, and when you see a kid walking down the street with a… — Jocelyn Bell Burnell Copy Share Image
