Over two thousand astronomers from 80 countries met in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), discussions of the XXVII Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IUA for its acronym in English), which is expected to be less controversial than the last three years, when it stripped Pluto of planet status "of right" in the Solar System. During the opening
was released the names of people awarded this year's Gruber Cosmology Prize, which this time fell on a shared basis among astronomers Wendy Freedman (Canada), Robert Kennicutt (USA) Jeremy Mould (United Kingdom) for his work to help establish age of the universe. In particular, as announced by the president of the foundation, Patricia Gruber, the award was assigned to the three astronomers have made a definitive measurement of the rate of expansion of the universe, which is known as the Hubble constant.
was released the names of people awarded this year's Gruber Cosmology Prize, which this time fell on a shared basis among astronomers Wendy Freedman (Canada), Robert Kennicutt (USA) Jeremy Mould (United Kingdom) for his work to help establish age of the universe. In particular, as announced by the president of the foundation, Patricia Gruber, the award was assigned to the three astronomers have made a definitive measurement of the rate of expansion of the universe, which is known as the Hubble constant.
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