page_title: Riccardo Giacconi
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caption_attribution_description: English: Riccardo Giacconi receiving the 2003 National Medal of Science Français&#160;: Riccardo Giacconi recevant la National Medal of Science de 2003
context_page_description: Riccardo Giacconi was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.
context_section_description: Riccardo Giacconi (/dʒəˈkoʊni/ jə-KOH-nee, Italian: [rikˈkardo dʒakˈkoːni]; October 6, 1931 – December 9, 2018) was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy.  He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.
caption: National Medal of Science award ceremony, 2003
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