Among the winners of the Euclid STAR Prize 2026 is our astrophysicist Ben Granett

June 2026 – Congratulations to our astrophysicist Ben Granett, who has been awarded the 2026 Euclid STAR Prize – Senior Award with the following citation:

“For his fundamental contributions to the spectroscopic pipeline and galaxy clustering analysis, and his crucial role as a bridge between the Science Ground Segment and the galaxy clustering science working group, integrating the full spectroscopic analysis chain.”

An excellent recognition also for our Observatory and the Euclid team that works there!!

More details here at https://www.euclid-ec.org/consortium/star-prize/stars2026/

Foto dell'astrofisico Ben Granett. Sullo sfondo il parco dell'Osservatorio
Photo by astrophysicist Ben Granett. In the background, the park and the Zeiss dome of the Brera Astronomical Observatory’s Merate headquarters.