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Astronomy Nobel Laureates
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James Peebles
2019, for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology
Rainer Weiss
2017, for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
Saul Perlmutter
2011, for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae
Didier Queloz
2019, for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star
Brian P. Schmidt
2011, for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae
John C. Mather
2006, for the discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation
Roger Penrose
2020, for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity
Riccardo Giacconi
2002, for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources
Reinhard Genzel
2020, for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy
George F. Smoot
2006, for the discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation
Michel Mayor
2019, for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star
Barry C. Barish
2017, for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
Adam G. Riess
2011, for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae
Andrea Ghez
2020, for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy
Kip S. Thorne
2017, for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves
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