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English 8 October 2019 has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 “for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos” with one half to James PeeblesPrinceton University, USA “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel MayorUniversity of Geneva,…

Swedish 8 oktober 2019 har beslutat utdela Nobelpriset i fysik 2019 ”för bidrag till vår förståelse av universums utveckling och jordens plats i universum” med ena hälften till James PeeblesPrinceton University, USA “för teoretiska upptäckter inom fysikalisk kosmologi” och med andra hälften gemensamt till Michel MayorUniversité de Genève, Schweiz och Didier QuelozUniversité de Genève, SchweizUniversity…

With numerous new technologies it became possible to look rapidly at many stars and analyse the results on site. Optical fibres could carry the starlight without distorting it and better digital image sensors, increased the machine’s light sensitivity. More powerful computers allowed scientists to develop custom-made software for digital image and data processing.

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 “Some say the world will end in fire;Some say in ice…” *What is the fate of the Universe? Probably it will end in ice if we are to believe this year’s Nobel Laureates. They have carefully studied several dozen exploding stars, called supernovae, in faraway galaxies and have concluded…

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Artist: Elsa Örtengren. Nobel Prize Museum

https://youtu.be/vzHE4TDYjsI Donna Strickland’s speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Excellences, Dear Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my honour to represent the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 and speak on behalf of Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou, my esteemed colleagues with whom I share the prize. Arthur Ashkin…

English Presentation Speech by Professor Anders Irbäck, Member of the ; Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics, 10 December 2018 Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Honoured Laureates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Sunlight is essential to life on Earth, and we are getting better and better at harnessing its energy. We also use light in many…