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Astronomy Nobel Prize Winners
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 1983
Theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars
James Peebles, 2019
Theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology
Adam G. Riess, 2011
The discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae
Martin Ryle, 1974
Pioneering radio astrophysics: Ryle's aperture synthesis
Brian P. Schmidt, 2011
The discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, 2019
Discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star
Albert A. Michelson, 1907
Precision optical instruments and spectroscopic and metrological investigations
Riccardo Giacconi, 2002
Pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources
Antony Hewish, 1974
Discovery of pulsars
William Alfred Fowler, 1983
Theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe
Russell A. Hulse and Joseph H. Taylor Jr., 1993
Discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation
John C. Mather and George F. Smoot, 2006
Their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation
Reinhard Genzel, 2020
The discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy
Saul Perlmutter, 2011
The discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae
Andrea Ghez, 2020
The discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy
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