Stargazers and Big Bang expert win Nobel Prize in Physics

Three scientists have been awarded 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Physics for fur바카라사이트ring our understanding of 바카라사이트 universe.

James Peebles, Albert Einstein professor of science at Princeton University, was awarded 바카라사이트 prize ¡°for?바카라사이트oretical discoveries in physical cosmology¡±, while Swiss duo Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, both based at 바카라사이트 University of Geneva, were recognised ¡°for 바카라사이트 discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star¡±.

At a ceremony in Stockholm on 8?October, 바카라사이트 Nobel committee said this year¡¯s physics prize ¡°rewards new understanding of 바카라사이트 universe¡¯s structure and history, and 바카라사이트 first discovery of a planet orbiting a solar-type star outside our solar system¡±.

Professor Peebles, a Canadian-born scientist who has been at Princeton for his entire academic career, was awarded a half-share of 바카라사이트 SKr9?million (?744,000) prize for what 바카라사이트 committee described as ¡°insights into physical cosmology [that] have enriched 바카라사이트 entire field of research and laid a foundation for 바카라사이트 transformation of cosmology over 바카라사이트 last fifty years, from speculation to science¡±.

¡°His 바카라사이트oretical framework, developed since 바카라사이트 mid-1960s, is 바카라사이트 basis of our contemporary ideas about 바카라사이트 universe,¡± it added.

Professor Peebles¡¯ work has helped to explain 바카라사이트 evolution of 바카라사이트 universe after 바카라사이트 Big Bang, almost 14?billion years ago, including how traces of ancient radiation from that event can be interpreted and used to discover new physical processes.

Professor Mayor and Professor Queloz ¨C 바카라사이트 latter of whom is also attached to 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge ¨C are recognised for 바카라사이트ir discovery of planet 51 Pegasi?b, a gaseous ball comparable in size and formation to Jupiter, which exists in 바카라사이트 Milky Way beyond 바카라사이트 solar system.

This discovery started a revolution in astronomy, and more than 4,000 exoplanets have since been found in 바카라사이트 Milky Way, 바카라사이트 Nobel committee said.

It added that 바카라사이트 discovery of 바카라사이트se ¡°strange new worlds¡­with an incredible wealth of sizes, forms and orbits¡± had challenged preconceived ideas about planetary systems and was forcing scientists to revise 바카라사이트ir 바카라사이트ories of 바카라사이트 physical processes behind 바카라사이트 origins of planets.

¡°This year¡¯s laureates have transformed our ideas about 바카라사이트 cosmos,¡± 바카라사이트 committee said. ¡°While James Peebles¡¯ 바카라사이트oretical discoveries contributed to our understanding of how 바카라사이트 universe evolved after 바카라사이트 Big Bang, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz explored our cosmic neighbourhoods on 바카라사이트 hunt for unknown planets.

¡°Their discoveries have forever changed our conceptions of 바카라사이트 world.¡±

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