GERMAN AMERICAN ASTROPHYSICIST PASSES AWAY.

* GERMAN - AMERICAN ASTROPHYSICIST RAINER WEISS PASSED AWAY.

* BORN IN - 29th SEPTEMBER 1932 

* DIED ON - 25TH AUGUST 2025 

KNOWN FOR - GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATION 

AWARDS - 

* 2007 - EINSTEIN PRIZE 

* 2016 - SPECIAL BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE (IN FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS) 

* 2016 - GRUBER PRIZE IN COSMOLOGY 

* 2016 - SHAW PRIZE 

* 2016 - KAVLI PRIZE 

* 2016 - HARVEY PRIZE 

* 2017 - PRINCESS OF AUSTRIAS AWARD 

* 2017 - NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS (WITH KIP THORNE) & BARRY BARIS) 

MAJOR CONTRIBUTION - 

* IN 1973 HE WAS IN MAJOR MEASUREMENT OF THE SPECTRUM OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE RADIATION 

* CO - FOUNDER AND SCIENCE ADVISOR OF NASA COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPLORER (COBE SATELLITE) 

* CO - FOUNDER OF NSF LIGO ( GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTION)

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