3 Scientists Awarded Nobel Prize In Physics For Discoveries Related To Black Holes
The prize goes to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez. Ghez says she hopes it will inspire young people, and particularly women, to pursue careers in science.
by Geoff Brumfiel
Oct 06, 2020
2 minutes
Perhaps fittingly for the year 2020, the Nobel Prize in physics has recognized research on black holes.
The prize was awarded to Roger Penrose of the University of Oxford, for demonstrating that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes; and to Reinhard Genzel of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and Andrea Ghez of the University of California, Los Angeles, for
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