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The 2020 Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Gheza for their research on black holes. A panel at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm announced the recipients on Tuesday.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to award the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics with one half to Roger Penrose and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez.
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Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez were awarded the prize “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy.” Roger Penrose won the prize for showing “that the general theory of relativity leads to the formation of black holes”.
“The prestigious award comes with a gold medal and prize money of 10 million Swedish kronor (more than $1.1 million),
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courtesy of a bequest left 124 years ago by the prize’s creator, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The amount was increased recently to adjust for inflation,” news agency PTI said.
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The award has in the past honoured discoveries about the tiniest of particles and the vast mysteries of outer space.
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The 2019 Nobel in Physics was awarded to Canadian-born cosmologist James Peebles for theoretical work about the early moments after the Big Bang, and Swiss astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz for discovering a planet outside our solar system.
