NOBEL LAUREATES IN ASTROPHYSICS
Although the Nobel Prize is not given in Astronomy by itself, several
astronomers/physicists have received the Nobel Prize in Physics for their
achievements in the Astronomy/Astrophysics - related fields.
- 1936:
Hess, Victor Franz, Austria, Innsbruck University
"for his discovery of cosmic radiation"
- 1967:
Bethe, Hans Albrecht, U.S.A.,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
"for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions,
especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in
stars"
- 1974:
Ryle, Martin, Sir, Great Britain,
Cambridge University, Cambridge
"for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: for
his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture
synthesis technique"
Hewish, Antony, Great Britain,
Cambridge University, Cambridge
"for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics:
for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars"
- 1978:
Penzias, Arno A., U.S.A.,
Bell Laboratories, Holmden, NJ
Wilson, Robert W., U.S.A.,
Bell Laboratories, Holmden, NJ
"for their discovery of cosmic microwave background
radiation"
- 1983:
Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan,
U.S.A., University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
"for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of
importance to the structure and evolution of the stars"
Fowler, William Alfred, U.S.A.,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
"for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear
reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in
the universe"
- 1993:
Hulse, Russell A., U.S.A.,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Taylor, Joseph H., Jr., U.S.A.,
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
"for the discovery of a new type of pulsar , a discovery that
has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation"
