Keck Observer and Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize for work on supernovae
Photo courtesy of Christopher Prentiss Michel Observer Alex Filippenko, UC Berkeley’s expert on supernovae and black holes, has been named co-recipient of the 2026 Gruber Cosmology Prize. Filippenko…
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