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Nobel-prize-winning astronomer Antony Hewish dies aged 97

20 Sep 2021 Michael Banks
Antony Hewish
Pulsar pioneer: Antony Hewish designed the Interplanetary Scintillation Array at Mullard, which was used by Jocelyn Bell Burnell to detect a pulsar for the first time. (Courtesy: Churchill College Cambridge)
The British Nobel-prize-winning astronomer Antony Hewish has died at the age of 97. He was awarded o

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