Rainer Weiss

Awards

1. 2016 (special)

   Breakthrough Prize — Fundamental Physics

   Physics

   For the observation of gravitational waves, opening new horizons in astronomy and physics.

2. 2016

   Kavli Prize — Astrophysics

   Physics

   For the direct detection of gravitational waves.

3. 2016

   Shaw Prize — Astronomy

   Physics

   For conceiving and designing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), whose recent direct detection of gravitational waves opens a new window in astronomy, with the first remarkable discovery being the merger of a pair of stellar mass black holes.

4. 2017

   Nobel Prize — Physics

   Physics

   for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves