Peebles, Mayor, Queloz win Nobel physics prize for discoveries in astronomy
Goran K Hansson , Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and academy members Mats Larsson and Ulf Danielsson, announce winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics during a news conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 8, 2019. The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.
STOCKHOLM - Scientists James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics for ground-breaking work in astronomy, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.“This year’s Laureates have transformed our ideas about the cosmos,” the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on awarding the 9 million Swedish crown prize.
“While James Peebles’ theoretical discoveries contributed to our understanding of how the universe evolved after the Big Bang, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz explored our cosmic neighbourhoods on the hunt for unknown planets. Their discoveries have forever changed our conceptions of the world.” Reporting by Niklas Pollard and Simon Johnson; additional reporting by Anna Ringstrom, Johannes Hellstrom, Johan Ahlander, Helena Soderpalm and Colm Fulton in Stockholm; Editing by Alex Richardson
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