{"id":10711,"date":"2015-06-04T13:21:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T17:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10711"},"modified":"2015-06-04T13:21:20","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T17:21:20","slug":"william-borucki-leader-of-kepler-exoplanet-finder-wins-1m-shaw-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10711","title":{"rendered":"William Borucki, leader of Kepler exoplanet finder, wins $1M Shaw Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After leading a multi-decade struggle to get the <a href=\"http:\/\/kepler.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kepler Observatory<\/a>\u00a0funded, built, launched into space, and successfully <a href=\"http:\/\/kepler.nasa.gov\/news\/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&amp;NewsID=367\" target=\"_blank\">finding exoplanets<\/a>, it&#8217;s good to see <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_J._Borucki\" target=\"_blank\">William Borucki <\/a>receiving\u00a0well-deserved recognition and reward:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shawprize.org\/en\/\" target=\"_d\">The Shaw Prize &#8211; Top prizes for astronomy, life science and mathematics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.sciencemag.org\/people-events\/2015\/06\/shaw-prizes-hail-hunt-habitable-planets\" target=\"_d\">Shaw Prizes hail hunt for habitable planets &#8211;\u00a0Science\/AAAS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacenews.com\/keplers-shaw-prize-winner-once-in-nasas-dog-house\/\" target=\"_d\">Kepler\u2019s Shaw Prize Winner Once in NASA\u2019s Dog House &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From Space News:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>What\u2019s cooler than discovering thousands of exoplanets?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Winning a prestigious $1 million astronomy prize for discovering thousands exoplanets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Cooler, still, considering that the prize winner, Kepler Science Principal Investigator William\u00a0Borucki, was in NASA\u2019s dog house two years before his planet-hunting telescope finally launched in 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Borucki won the $1 million Shaw Prize in Astronomy on Monday (June 2) for his work discovering extrasolar planets and studying solar interiors. Dubbed the \u201cAsian Nobel,\u201d the $1 million prize is funded by Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist Run Run Shaw, who also awards prizes in the life sciences and mathematics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Kepler, a life-long labor of love for the 76-year-old Borucki, has discovered more than 4,000\u00a0exoplanets since launching in March 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After leading a multi-decade struggle to get the Kepler Observatory\u00a0funded, built, launched into space, and successfully finding exoplanets, it&#8217;s good to see William Borucki receiving\u00a0well-deserved recognition and reward: \u00a0The Shaw Prize &#8211; Top prizes for astronomy, life science and mathematics Shaw Prizes hail hunt for habitable planets &#8211;\u00a0Science\/AAAS Kepler\u2019s Shaw Prize Winner Once in NASA\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10711\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">William Borucki, leader of Kepler exoplanet finder, wins $1M Shaw Prize<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-exoplanets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2ML","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2303,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2303","url_meta":{"origin":10711,"position":0},"title":"Kepler space telescope loses reaction wheel &#8211; exoplanet searching crippled","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"With the loss of another reaction wheel, he Kepler space telescope has lost the ability to maintain the stable orientation needed for observing stars to detect transits of exoplanets: Kepler Mission Manager Update - NASA. 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