(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) In Depth: 2019 Physics Nobel Prize

Topic: 2019 Physics Nobel Prize

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On 8th October, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics.

Three scientists have been awarded the prize this year for their contribution to the understanding of the evolution of the universe.

One half of the prize has been given to Canadian-American scientist James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology”.

The other half has been given jointly to Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for their discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.”

The laureates will receive the award at an elegant ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of the death of prize founder Alfred Nobel.

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