cosmological theories. The pair agreed with Dicke to publish side-by-side letters in the Astrophysical Journal, with Penzias and Wilson describing their observations and Dicke suggesting the interpretation as the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB), the radio remnant of the Big Bang. This allowed astronomers to confirm the Big Bang, and to correct many of their previous assumptions about it. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. Penzias and Wilson received the 1978 Nobel Prize, sharing it with Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Kapitsa's work on Low-temperature physics was unrelated to Penzias and Wilson's). In 1977, the two had received the Henry Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1979, Penzias received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. He is also the recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence. In 1998, he was awarded the IRI Medal from the Industrial Research Institute. On April 26, 2019 the Nürnberger Astronomische Gesellschaft e.V. (NAG) inaugurated the 3-m radio telescope at the Regiomontanus-Sternwarte, the public observatory of Nuremberg, and dedicated this instrument to Arno Penzias. Penzias has been a resident of Highland Park, New Jersey. He has a son, David, and two daughters, Mindy Penzias Dirks, PhD, and Rabbi Shifra (Laurie) Weiss-Penzias. He currently serves as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. Works Cite Video | BBC/WGBH BOSTON | NOVA #519 | A Whisper From Space | Copyright 1978 | Available With Permission | Consolidated Aircraft - Ronkonkoma, New York See also Discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation List of Jewish Nobel laureates References External links including the Nobel Lecture, December 8, 1978 The Origin of Elements The first part of an article authored by Arno Penzias that was published in Science Reporter magazine The second part of an article authored by Arno Penzias entitled Ideas A Whisper From Space (IMDb) Nürnberger Astronomische Gesellschaft e.V.: Web-Seite Arno-Penzias-Radioteleskop (german) 1933 births Living people Nobel laureates in Physics American Nobel laureates Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences American astronomers Jewish astronomers City College of New York alumni Columbia University alumni Columbia University staff German emigrants to the United States Jewish American scientists Jewish physicists People from Highland Park, New Jersey Kindertransport refugees Scientists at Bell Labs Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Radio astronomers Members of the