The Nobel in physics for Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez

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After the Canadian-American James Peebles and the Swiss Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz in 2019, it is the turn of the Briton Roger Penrose, the German Reinhard Genzel and the American Andrea Ghez to receive the Nobel Prize in physics this year. , announced the academy on Tuesday in Stockholm (Sweden)

Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the award ceremony, scheduled for December 10 in Stockholm, was canceled, a first since 1944. The winners, who will share nearly one million euros, will receive their prize in their country of residence.

The Nobel Prize in chemistry will be known on Wednesday, literature on Thursday and the most publicized, that of peace on Friday.

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