The prize was awarded to James Peebles "for theoretical discoveries in the field of physical cosmology", and to Michel Major and Didier Kelos "for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star."
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The 2019 #Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded with one half to James Peebles “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz “for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.” Pic .twitter.com / BwwMTwtRFv
Earlier, the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to William Kelin, Peter Ratcliffe and Gregg Semenets for researching how living cells react to the presence of oxygen.