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Chrysa Kouveliotou: The Greek astrophysicist who is great in the world of science

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Chrysa Kouveliotou is one of the most distinguished Greek scientists worldwide, with a remarkable body of work in the field of High Energy Astrophysics. Her career is characterized by consistency, depth and international recognition, as she has made significant contributions to the understanding of phenomena...
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Great distinction for Greek astrophysicist

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[:el] Vicky Kalogera, a Northwestern University astrophysicist who played a key role in the historic discovery of gravitational waves — confirming a major prediction of Einstein’s theory of relativity and launching a new field in astronomy — has been named the 16th recipient of the...
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Searching to discover new galaxies

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[:el] Dr. Leonidas Moustakas is a Research Scientist, astrophysicist, working in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA), being part of the “greek community” of four other scientists, Anezina Solomonidou, Antonis Bloom, Anastasios Petropoulos and Panagiotis Kourdis, that also work there. He is interested in fundamental questions...
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Discovered a rare supernova

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Andreas Papadopoulos is a postgraduate student and researcher of the University of Portsmouth who discovered a rare, superluminous supernova that erupted in a galaxy 7.8 billion light years away. He studied Supernovae Astrophysics and Cosmology. His research focuses on searching and studying Superluminous Supernovae – exploding...
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The Messinian NASA astrophysicist

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[:el] Dr. Periklis Papadopoulos, Aerospace Engineering Professor and Astrophysicist, has origins in Kalamata, where he was born in 1963. In 1982, he relocated to the United States to pursue his academic dream of studying Aeronautics and Aeronautical Engineering, with expertise in planet exploration and ultrasounds....
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A modern explorer of the stars

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[:el] Thanasis Economou is an astrophysicist at the University of Chicago and a NASA Senior Planetary Scientist. He has been building instruments for interplanetary spacecraft since the mid-1960s. Currently he is associated with three robotic interplanetary missions: the Mars Exploration Rovers, the Cassini mission to Saturn,...
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From Chios to the endless Universe

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[:el] Dr. Stamatis M. Krimigis has a long and distinguished career as a tutor and pioneer researcher involved in experiments in the most important space programs of USA as well as of the international scientific community. He served as Chair of the National Council of...

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