Professor James Binney awarded Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal

Published on January 8, 2025

Professor James Binney from the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics, has today received the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)’s 2025 Gold Medal for Astronomy for his lifetime achievements in the study of the structure and evolution of galaxies.
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