Rodrigo Ibata, born in 1967, is a Franco-British astrophysicist who is a research director at the CNRS at the astronomical observatory of Strasbourg. He is a 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics laureate, shared with Amina Helmi and Vasily Belokurov, for uncovering the fossil evidence of past mergers proving that the Milky Way galaxy was built through hierarchical accretion.
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1. Rodrigo Ibata - Wikipedia (French)
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n? en 1967
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britannique ... fran?aise
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View the SourceRodrigo Ibata is awarded the 2026 Kavli Prize (Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg)
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Rodrigo Ibata, Research Director at CNRS at the Strasbourg Observatory (Unistra/CNRS)
2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics (The Kavli Prize, official citation)
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for uncovering the fossil evidence of past mergers proving that the Milky Way galaxy was built through hierarchical accretion
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