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Judith Young

American physicist (1952–2014)

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Lived 1952–2014, aged 62United States
United StatesUnited StatesScientistsScientist
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    10 languages
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  • Era
    1952–2014
    Aged 62
  • Awards
    2
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-07-16

Judith Sharn Young was an American physicist, astronomer, and educator. The American Physical Society honored Young with the first Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award for being the best young physicist in the world in 1986. Astronomer Nick Scoville of Caltech writes of her research: "Her pioneering galactic structure research included some of the earliest mapping of CO emission in galaxies followed by the most extensive surveys molecular gas and star formation in nearby galaxies."

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