Antony Hewish, Astronomer Honored for Discovery of Pulsars, Dies

[ad_1] Antony Hewish, a pioneer of radio astronomy, who discovered a surprising class of stars known as pulsars, for which he won the Nobel Prize, died Monday. He was 97 years old. His death announced by Cambridge University in England, where he taught for many years. The announcement did not say where he died. Pulsars, …