Belgian astronomer Conny Aerts wins "most important scientific prize after the Nobel Prize" | VRT NWS: news

Conny Aerts (KU Leuven) has won the Kavli Prize for Astrophysics. As the first Belgian ever to win the award, she shares the prize with two other astronomers. The Kavli Prize is also dubbed "the second most important science award after the Nobel Prize": 10 of its 54 winners eventually got the Nobel Prize.