Shaw Prize in Astronomy

  • Srinivas R. Kulkarni, an Indian-origin U.S. scientist and brother of author Sudha Murty, awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2024.
  • The award celebrates Kulkarni's groundbreaking discoveries in millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other transient astronomical phenomena.
  • Instituted by the late Hong Kong philanthropist Run Run Shaw, the Shaw Prize consists of three annual awards in Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences.
  • The prize has been described as the "Nobel of the ....
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