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Awards

Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal

Coming this December -
Nominations open up for the 2025 ASP Awards

About the ASP Awards

The ASP recognizes individual achievements in astronomy research, technology, education, and public outreach each year. Recipients of our awards have included luminaries such as Edwin Hubble, Vera Rubin, Isaac Asimov, Margaret Burbidge, Carl Sagan, and most recently, Katherine Johnson.

Our most prestigious award, the Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal, was established in 1889 by Catherine Wolfe Bruce, an American philanthropist and patroness of astronomy. The Bruce Gold Medal has been awarded annually by the ASP to a professional astronomer in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding achievement and contributions to astrophysics research and is one of the most important awards in the field.

The 2024 ASP Awards Gala was held on Saturday, November 9 at the Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront hotel in Burlingame, California. Photo Gallery to come.


2024 ASP Award Recipients:

Catherine Bruce Gold Medal  I Chryssa Kouveliotou

Arthur B.C Walker IIGibor Basri

Maria and Eric Muhlmann I Robert Simcoe

Robert J. Trumpler  I  Maggie Thompson

Klumpke-Roberts  I  Richard Fienberg

Las Cumbres I Elizabeth Bero

Richard H. Emmons I Daniel Reichart 


About the ASP Annual Awards Gala

Each year the ASP holds an Awards Gala in honor of and to recognize the ASP Awards Recipients for their leadership in and advancement of astronomy and space science. 

The 2024 Awards Gala was held on Saturday, November 9 at the Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront in Burlingame, California to honor and celebrate those receiving the prestigious ASP Awards. 

Sign up for our Events@ the ASP email for notifications when nominations open up for the 2025 ASP Awards.


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