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Recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physics, Riccardo Giacconi. Prof. Giacconi is famous for his pioneering work in the development and application of X-ray technologies in astronomy, leading to the discovery of the first extra-solar X-ray source.

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English: Recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize for Physics, Riccardo Giacconi. Prof. Giacconi is famous for his pioneering work in the development and application of X-ray technologies in astronomy, leading to the discovery of the first extra-solar X-ray source. The X-ray satellites UHURU (launched in 1970) and the Einstein Observatory (launched in 1978) are associated with his name.
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