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</div> <section class="margin-120-bottom"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h4 class="m-margin-48-bottom">About the Prize in Astronomy</h4> </div> <div class="col-sm-7 offset-sm-1"> <p class="d-body">Astronomy has experienced tremendous growth and development during the past fifty years as the entire electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays was opened to investigation. Remarkable progress has been achieved in our understanding of the origin and evolution of the universe; the structure and dynamics of galaxies; the birth, life, and death of stars and stellar systems; and the formation and ubiquity of planetary systems. The names of exotic objects such as supernovae, quasars, pulsars, and black holes have entered the public lexicon, and have captured the imagination of people, young and old, all over the world.<br /> <br /> A new golden age of astronomy can be expected in the twenty-first century as the research tools of the more traditional disciplines are brought to bear on the great astronomical problems, and as novel windows are opened to the universe, using neutrinos and gravitational radiation to explore extreme configurations of matter and energy not accessible to terrestrial laboratories.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=" " > <div class="container text-center margin-40-bottom m-margin-28-bottom" > <div class="row"> <div class="col-12 "> <div class="prizes-highlight laureates-banner" style="background: #EEE url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/themes/swap/assets/images/bg-astronomy.png) center center no-repeat;background-size: cover"> <h4 class="color-white garda">The Shaw Laureates in Astronomy 2024</h4> <div class="autobio-portrait autobio-portrait-1 autobio-total-1" style=" background: url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024_AN_Shrinivas-R-Kulkarni_revised.png) bottom center no-repeat;background-size:contain"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container margin-100-bottom m-margin-20-bottom"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-6"> <h6 class="d-tiny color-grey img-cd-title">Image Credit</h6> <h6 class="d-tiny color-grey img-cd">©Infosys Science Foundation</h6> </div> <div class="col-sm-6 text-right"> <h6 class="d-tiny previous-laureates-btn desktop-item">Previous Laureates in The Prize in Astronomy</h6> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="margin-140-bottom"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h4 class="m-margin-48-bottom shne l-size">Shrinivas R Kulkarni</h4> </div> <div class="col-sm-7 offset-sm-1"> <div class="margin-60-bottom color-gold h4-p m-margin-40-bottom "><p>for his ground-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other variable or transient astronomical objects. His contributions to time-domain astronomy culminated in the conception, construction and leadership of the Palomar Transient Factory and its successor, the Zwicky Transient Facility, which have revolutionised our understanding of the time-variable optical sky.</p> </div> <a class="b-button sp-gold" href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2024-astronomy/"> <h6 class="d-button">Learn More</h6> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="margin-90-bottom"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="info-break-line margin-60-bottom"></div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h4 class="m-margin-48-bottom">Quick Facts</h4> </div> <div class="col-sm-7 offset-sm-1"> <ul class="quick-facts-list margin-60-bottom"> <li> <h2 class="color-gold">10</h2> <p class="d-body">Prizes in Astonomy have been awarded to one laureate only</p> </li> <li> <h2 class="color-gold">6</h2> <p class="d-body">Prizes in Astonomy have been shared by two laureates</p> </li> <li> <h2 class="color-gold">5</h2> <p class="d-body">Prizes in Astonomy have been shared by three laureates</p> </li> </ul> <a class="b-button b-button-border margin-40-bottom" href="https://www.shawprize.org/media/fact-sheet/"> <h6 class="d-button">Read More</h6> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="previous-laureates" style="background: url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/guillermo-ferla-Oze6U2m1oYU-unsplash-3.jpg) center center no-repeat;background-size: cover"> <div class="container text-center margin-40-bottom"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8 offset-sm-2"> <div class=""> <h6 class="margin-20-bottom d-tiny color-pure-white ">Previous Laureates in The Prize in Astronomy</h6> <h4 class="color-pure-white margin-50-bottom">The Shaw Prize has been awarded to a total of 37 Astronomy Laureates from 2004 to 2024.</h4> <a class="b-button sp-white view-laureates-btn" > <h6 class="d-button">View Laureates</h6> </a> </div> </div> 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McLaughlin</h6> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="col-sm-7 "> <div class="d-body margin-40-bottom"><p>for the discovery of fast radio bursts (FRBs).</p> </div> <a href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2023-astronomy/" class="b-button b-button-border margin-40-bottom"> <h6 class="d-button">Learn More</h6> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </li> <li class=" astronomy" id="2022"> <section class="sp-bl previous-block"> <div class="container"> <div class="row margin-60-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h4 class="margin-20-bottom">2022</h4> </div> </div> <div class="row margin-60-bottom m-margin-0-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <ul class="previous-l-list"> <li> <div class="margin-20-bottom portrait-wrap" style="width: 100%;height: 300px;background: #2A3C80 url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2022_AN_Lindegren.png) bottom center no-repeat;background-size: cover"></div> <h6 class="d-body sohne">Lennart Lindegren</h6> </li> <li> <div class="margin-20-bottom portrait-wrap" style="width: 100%;height: 300px;background: #2A3C80 url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2022_AN_Michael-Perryman.png) bottom center no-repeat;background-size: cover"></div> <h6 class="d-body sohne">Michael Perryman</h6> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="col-sm-7 "> <div class="d-body margin-40-bottom"><p>for their lifetime contributions to space astrometry, and in particular for their role in the conception and design of the European Space Agency’s Hipparcos and Gaia missions.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2022-astronomy/" class="b-button b-button-border margin-40-bottom"> <h6 class="d-button">Learn More</h6> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </li> <li class=" astronomy" id="2021"> <section class="sp-bm previous-block"> <div class="container"> <div class="row margin-60-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h4 class="margin-20-bottom">2021</h4> </div> </div> <div class="row margin-60-bottom m-margin-0-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <ul class="previous-l-list"> <li> <div class="margin-20-bottom portrait-wrap" style="width: 100%;height: 300px;background: #2A3C80 url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SP21_AN_Prof-Victoria-M-Kaspi.png) bottom center no-repeat;background-size: cover"></div> <h6 class="d-body sohne">Victoria M Kaspi</h6> </li> <li> <div class="margin-20-bottom portrait-wrap" style="width: 100%;height: 300px;background: #2A3C80 url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/SP21_AN_Prof-Chryssa-Kouveliotou.png) bottom center no-repeat;background-size: cover"></div> <h6 class="d-body sohne">Chryssa Kouveliotou</h6> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="col-sm-7 "> <div class="d-body margin-40-bottom"><p>for their contributions to our understanding of magnetars, a class of highly magnetized neutron stars that are linked to a wide range of spectacular, transient astrophysical phenomena. Through the development of new and precise observational techniques, they confirmed the existence of neutron stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields and characterized their physical properties. Their work has established magnetars as a new and important class of astrophysical objects.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2021-astronomy/" class="b-button b-button-border margin-40-bottom"> <h6 class="d-button">Learn More</h6> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </li> <li class=" astronomy" id="2020"> <section class="sp-bm previous-block"> <div class="container"> <div class="row margin-60-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h4 class="margin-20-bottom">2020</h4> </div> </div> <div class="row margin-60-bottom m-margin-0-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <ul class="previous-l-list"> <li> <div class="margin-20-bottom portrait-wrap" style="width: 100%;height: 300px;background: #2A3C80 url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AN_Photo-of-Roger-Blandford-formal_from-RB_200901-Edited.png) bottom center no-repeat;background-size: cover"></div> <h6 class="d-body sohne">Roger D Blandford</h6> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="col-sm-7 "> <div class="d-body margin-40-bottom"><p>for his foundational contributions to theoretical astrophysics, especially concerning the fundamental understanding of active galactic nuclei, the formation and collimation of relativistic jets, the energy extraction mechanism from black holes, and the acceleration of particles in shocks and their relevant radiation mechanisms.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2020-astronomy/" class="b-button b-button-border margin-40-bottom"> <h6 class="d-button">Learn More</h6> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </li> <li class=" astronomy" id="2019"> <section class="sp-bl previous-block"> <div class="container"> <div class="row margin-60-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-4"> <h4 class="margin-20-bottom">2019</h4> </div> </div> <div class="row margin-60-bottom m-margin-0-bottom"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <ul class="previous-l-list"> <li> <div class="margin-20-bottom portrait-wrap" style="width: 100%;height: 300px;background: #2A3C80 url(https://www.shawprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/laureates_test05.png) bottom center no-repeat;background-size: cover"></div> <h6 class="d-body sohne">Edward C Stone (1936-2024)</h6> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="row "> <div class="col-sm-7 "> <div class="d-body margin-40-bottom"><p>for his leadership in the Voyager project, which has, over the past four decades, transformed our understanding of the four giant planets and the outer solar system, and has now begun to explore interstellar space.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.shawprize.org/laureates/2019-astronomy/" class="b-button b-button-border margin-40-bottom"> <h6 class="d-button">Learn More</h6> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </li> </ul> <div class="wp-pagenavi-wrap" style="display: none"> <div class='wp-pagenavi' role='navigation'> <span class='pages'>Page 1 of 4</span><span aria-current='page' class='current'>1</span><a class="page larger" title="Page 2" 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