Jerry Nelson, of the University of California, Santa Cruz, US, Ray Wilson, formerly of Imperial College London and the European Southern Observatory, and Roger Angel, of the University of Arizona, Tucson, US, share the astrophysics prize for their respective innovations in the field of telescope design that have
allowed us glimpses of ever more distant and
ancient objects and
events in the remote corners of the universe.
J. Roger Angel is one of the three 2010 Kavli Prize Laureates in Astrophysics who share the prize for their respective innovations in the field of telescope design —
allowing us to glimpse ever more distant and
ancient objects and
events in the remote corners of the Universe.