Stanford Astronomer Honored as Jansky Lecturer by AUI, NRAO

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Stanford Astronomer Honored as Jansky Lecturer by AUI, NRAO

Stanford Astronomer Honored as Jansky Lecturer by AUI, NRAO

Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI), and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) have awarded the 2018 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Professor Roger D. Blandford of Stanford University. The Jansky Lectureship is an honor established by the trustees of AUI to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of radio astronomy.

Credit: NRAO/AUI

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