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Category Archives: Kepler

Kepler’s Bill Borucki Awarded the 2015 Shaw Prize

June 6, 2015   astronomy, Kepler, Shaw Prize, William Borucki
William J. (Bill) Borucki has been awarded the 2015 Shaw Prize in Astronomy.
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