Swiss Nobel Prize winners attend official ceremony
Nobel Prize in Physics Laureates Didier Queloz (l), Michel Mayor (centre) and James Peebles (r) during a press conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.
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Swiss scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz have attended the official Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.
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They were jointly awarded the Nobel PrizeExternal link for Physics together with Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles for their work in furthering our understanding of the universe.
Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf handed over the medals and diplomas in Stockholm on Tuesday. Last week the physics and chemistry Nobel Prize winners spoke to astronauts on the International Space Station by satellite link.
Swiss education and research minister Guy Parmelin was also present having been invited by Michel Mayor and the University of Geneva, who wanted to underline the importance of public funding for basic scientific research in Switzerland.
In 1995, Queloz and Mayor first announced the discovery of “51 Pegasi b”, a planet orbiting a star other than our own, revolving around a star 42 light years away from Earth.
The prize for physiology or medicine has gone to a Swiss nine times, followed by chemistry and physics (eight each), peace (three) and literature (two).
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Swiss scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics
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Swiss scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Canadian-American James Peebles.
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Nobel Prize winner Michel Mayor was the star attraction as he attended the Dies Academicus at his alma mater, Geneva University, on Friday.
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