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Two leading astrophysicists at the University of Birmingham are to be recognised in the Royal Astronomical Society's prestigious 2020 Awards. Professor Yvonne Elsworth , a researcher in the University's School of Physics and Astronomy , is recognised with the Society's Gold Medal - its highest award - for her work in the field of helioseismology, the study of our Sun using its oscillations. Also recognised in the 2020 Awards is Dr Amaury Triaud, a Birmingham Fellow in the School of Physics and Astronomy. Dr Triaud will receive the RAS Fowler Award, for Early Achievement in Astronomy. The Society's Gold Medal can be awarded for any reason but usually recognises lifetime achievement. Past winners include Albert Einstein, Edwin Hubble, Arthur Eddington and Stephen Hawking. It was first awarded in 1824; since 1964 two have been awarded each year: one for astronomy, and one for geophysics.