Jeremiah Ostriker
Jeremiah Ostriker · Science & Medicine
Astrophysicist who established the existence of dark matter and galactic halos; National Medal of Science (2000)
1937, New York City, United States — 2025, New York City, United States
United States
Jeremiah Ostriker is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Astrophysicist who established the existence of dark matter and galactic halos; National Medal of Science (2000)
Ostriker was a Princeton astrophysicist who, with James Peebles, showed in the 1970s that disk galaxies would be unstable without massive unseen halos, helping establish the existence of dark matter and reshaping modern cosmology; he received the National Medal of Science in 2000. He was Jewish, born in New York City.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
Astrophysicist who established the existence of dark matter and galactic halos; National Medal of Science (2000)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
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