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James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

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Washington, Oct 08: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded one half to Canadian-American James Peebles 'for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology' & the other half jointly to Swiss scientists Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz 'for discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star'.

2019 Nobel Prize in Physics

The new laureates will gather in Stockholm on December 10, where they will receive their medals at a ceremony in Stockholm.

Peebles, 84, was born in Winnipeg, Canada and is based at Princeton University in the US.

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Michel Mayor is 77 and was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is based at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

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Didier Queloz is also Swiss and is based at the University of Geneva and the University of Cambridge in the UK.

The award was announced a day after two American and one British scientist were awarded the award for Physiology or Medicine.

This year, the Nobel Prizes are being announced between October 7 and 14, in the following order: October 7 (Medicine), October 8 (Physics), October 9 (Chemistry), October 10 (Literature), October 11 (Peace), October 14 (Economics

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