nytimes September 17, 2021 8:01pm Antony Hewish, Astronomer Honored for the Discovery of Pulsars, Dies at 97 #hewishantony19242021 #deathsobituaries #spaceandastronomy #pulsars #nobelprizes #telescopesandobservatories #burnelljocelynbell #science #news Antony Hewish, Astronomer Honored for the Discovery of Pulsars, Dies at 97 He received a Nobel Prize for his finding. Some criticized the prize because it was a graduate student in his lab who had first detected the signals.