Cosmic theorist and planet-hunters share physics prize as Nobels reward otherworldly discoveries
- Written by Michael Cowley, Astrophysics Research and Teaching Associate, Queensland University of Technology
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three researchers for their contributions to two unique fields.
Half of the 9 million Swedish krona (A$1.34 million) award goes to James Peebles, a Canadian cosmologist at Princeton University, “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”.
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