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Saul Perlmutter, 2011

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The discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae

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William Alfred Fowler, 1983

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Theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe

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James Peebles, 2019

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Theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology

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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, 1983

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Theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars

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Reinhard Genzel, 2020

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The discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy

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Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, 2019

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Discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star

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Martin Ryle, 1974

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Pioneering radio astrophysics: Ryle's aperture synthesis

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Russell A. Hulse and Joseph H. Taylor Jr., 1993

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Discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation

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John C. Mather and George F. Smoot, 2006

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Their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation

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Albert A. Michelson, 1907

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Precision optical instruments and spectroscopic and metrological investigations

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Brian P. Schmidt, 2011

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The discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae

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Antony Hewish, 1974

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Discovery of pulsars

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Riccardo Giacconi, 2002

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Pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources

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Andrea Ghez, 2020

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The discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy

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Adam G. Riess, 2011

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The discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae

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