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Amina Helmi

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Amina Helmi, born on 6 October 1970, is an Argentine astronomer and professor at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. She is a 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics laureate, shared with Vasily Belokurov and Rodrigo Ibata, for uncovering the fossil evidence of past mergers proving that the Milky Way galaxy was built through hierarchical accretion.

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Birth Year
1970 1
Birth Date
1970-10-06 1
Field
Astronomy 1
Nationality
Argentine 1
Birthplace
Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 1
Field
Field (category)
Astronomy 1
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Amina Helmi (6 October 1970) is an Argentine astronomer and professor at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.
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  • Infobox, birth_date
    1970-09-06
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
  • Extract, opening sentence
    Amina Helmi (6 October 1970) is an Argentine astronomer and professor
  • Infobox, fields
    Astronomy
  • Member Of: Max Planck Society, Infobox, workplaces
    Infobox workplaces: University of Groningen; University of La Plata; Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics ; Utrecht University
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