Robert Kirshner
Robert Kirshner · Science & Medicine
Astronomer of supernova cosmology; Wolf Prize (2015)
1949, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
United States (University of Michigan · Harvard University)
Robert Kirshner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Astronomer of supernova cosmology; Wolf Prize (2015)
Kirshner, documented among Jewish physicists honored by the Wolf Prize, is an American astronomer who studied at Harvard and Caltech. He became a leader in the study of supernovae, using exploding stars as precise cosmic distance markers. His High-Z Supernova Search Team co-discovered in 1998 that the expansion of the universe is accelerating — evidence for dark energy — one of the most consequential findings in modern cosmology; he received the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2015 and shared the 2015 Breakthrough Prize.
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Astronomer of supernova cosmology; Wolf Prize (2015)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Wolf Prize in Physics
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