Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for “ground-breaking” discoveries about the Universe. James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz were announced as this year’s winners at a ceremony in Stockholm. Peebles was honoured for work on the evolution of the Universe, while Mayor and Queloz won for their discovery of a planet around a Sun-like star. The winners will share the prize money of nine million kronor (£738,000). How our cells sense oxygen wins Nobel prize Ulf Danielsson, a member of the Nobel Committee, commented: “Both these prizes… tell us something essential, something existential about … Continue reading How and Why James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz were wined Nobel Prize in 2019