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Read more at: 2017 Jackson-Gwilt Medal in Astronomy

2017 Jackson-Gwilt Medal in Astronomy

Dr Ian Parry became acutely aware of the scientific need for large samples of galaxy spectra whilst doing his PhD in the 1980's on the faint object spectrograph of the Isaac Newton Telescope. He thought hard about how to build an...


Read more at: 2017 Eddington Medal in Astronomy

2017 Eddington Medal in Astronomy

Professor Cathie Clarke has been awarded the 2017 Eddington Medal in Astronomy by the Royal Astronomical Society.

The Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics was the first to demonstrate how a young star’s radiation field controls...