{"id":271191,"date":"2020-10-08T02:57:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T06:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=271191"},"modified":"2020-10-08T02:57:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T06:57:25","slug":"black-hole-discoveries-net-nobels-for-3-physicists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/10\/08\/black-hole-discoveries-net-nobels-for-3-physicists\/","title":{"rendered":"Black hole discoveries net Nobels for 3 physicists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Half of the monetary award is going to Roger Penrose of Oxford University for the \u201cdiscovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity,\u201d the academy said in a press release. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

ANKARA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Three scientists are sharing the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking discoveries about the exotic objects known as black holes, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Half of the monetary award is going to Roger Penrose of Oxford University for the \u201cdiscovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity,\u201d the academy said in a press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis groundbreaking (1965) article is still regarded as the most important contribution to the general theory of relativity since (Albert) Einstein,\u201d the theory\u2019s original author, it added.<\/p>\n

The other half is being jointly awarded to Reinhard Genzel, the director of Germany\u2019s Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, and Andrea Ghez, an astronomer and physicist at the University of California, Los Angeles, for \u201cthe discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ghez is the fourth woman to win a Physics Nobel.<\/p>\n

David Haviland, who chairs the Nobel Committee for Physics, said the discoveries of this year\u2019s laureates broke new ground in the study of compact and supermassive objects.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut these exotic objects still pose many questions that beg for answers and motivate future research. Not only questions about their inner structure, but also questions about how to test our theory of gravity under the extreme conditions in the immediate vicinity of a black hole,\u201d Haviland added.<\/p>\n

The award’s cash prize, worth 19 million Swedish kronor (more than USD1.1 million), will be shared by the laureates.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the 2020 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to scientists Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles M. Rice for their discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1739, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is an independent organization aiming to promote natural sciences and strengthen their influence in society.\u00a0(Anadolu)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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