Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize (
1986)
[10]Fellow of the Royal Society (
2003)
[11]Herschelmedaljen (
1989)
[12]Kommandør av Order of the British Empire (
2007; tema for: 2007 Birthday Honours)
[13]Albert A. Michelson-medaljen (
1973)
100 Women (
2014)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (
2004)
[14]J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (
1978)
[15]Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science (
2018)
[16]Michael Faraday Prize (
2010)
[17]Magellanic Premium (
2000)
[18]Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (
2018)
Karl G. Jansky Lectureship (
1995)
Royal Medal (
2015)
[19]Det spanske forskningsrådets gullmedalje (
2015)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics
Æresdoktor ved Universitat de València (
2017)
[20]Æresdoktor ved Harvard University (
2007)
[21][22]Æresdoktor ved University of Leeds (
2000)
Honorary doctor of the University of Sussex (
1997)
Æresdoktor ved Durham-universitetet (
2007)
Honorary doctorate from the McGill University (
2015)
Honorary doctorate from the University of Alberta (
2016)
Honorary doctor of the Willamette University (
2019)
[23]Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales (
2020)
[24]Karl Schwarzschild-medaljen (
2021)
[25]Copleymedaljen (
2021)
[26]Esther Hoffman Beller Lectureship (
2021)
[27]Sven Berggrens pris (
2012)
[28]President's Medal (
2017)
[29]Jules-Janssen-prisen (
2022)
Swarthmore Lecture
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (
2023)
[30]Edinburgh Medal (
1999)
Æresdoktor (
2009; deles ut av:
The Open University)
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