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Black hole revelations win the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics

Mathematical calculations and observations of Milky Way stars illuminated the hidden objects

black hole (illustrated)

Insights into black holes (one illustrated) have earned a trio of scientists the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics.

NRAO, AUI, NSF, D. Berry/Skyworks

By Emily Conover

- More than 2 years ago

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Research that unveiled the most mysterious objects in the cosmos has garnered science’s highest honor.