Honors
- MacArthur Fellow, (1983)
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, Rice University (1987)
- Heineman Prize (1988)
- Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1994)
- Petrie Prize, Canadian Astronomical Society (2001)
- Joseph Weber Award, American Astronomical Society (2002)
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, California Institute of Technology (2002)
- Crafoord Prize with James Peebles and Martin Rees (2005)
- Henry Norris Russell Lectureship of the American Astronomical Society (2005)
- Gruber Cosmology Prize (2005)
- Honorary Degree from the University of Portsmouth (2006)
- National Medal of Science (2009)
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