Nobel Prize for Physics
Awarded for 'Ground-Breaking'
Space Discoveries.
Three scientists — Michel
Mayor, Didier Queloz and
James Peebles — were announced as
the winners of the Nobel during Stockholm ceremony.
Queloz and Mayor's work
in discovering a planet that
orbits a star much like our sun
was honored by the committee.
I'm a bit shocked right now, I'm still trying to digest what it means, Didier Queloz, Nobel Prize Recipient, via BBC
.
Known as 51 Pegasi b, the exoplanet
discovered by Mayor and Queloz
was the first found to be orbiting
a sun similar to Earth's.
James Peeples' work concerning the
evolution of the universe was honored.
It's a life's work, James Peeples, Nobel Prize Recipient, via BBC.
The recipients of the Nobel Prize
for Physics will split the 9 million
kroner cash award. The amount
is equal to roughly $900,000