Judith Young (astronomer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Judith Young (astronomer)

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1952

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 23-May-2014

Profession: astronomer, physicist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Judith (Rubin) Young (September 15, 1952 – May 23, 2014) was an American physicist, astronomer, and educator.
The American Physical Society honored Young with the first Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award for being the best young physicist in the world in 1986.
Astronomer Nick Scoville of CalTech writes of her research: "Her pioneering galactic structure research included some of the earliest mapping of CO emission in galaxies followed by the most extensive surveys molecular gas and star formation in nearby galaxies."