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Research on Supermassive Black Holes Receive the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

The origins of supermassive black holes have had various theories. The work of two astronomers proving that the center of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole plus a mathematician's work on black holes as the result of Einstein's theory of general relativity received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Selling His Most Prized Possession-The Nobel Prize

Retired experimental physicist Leon Lederman is now 92 years old and facing serious health problems and memory loss. So he took to an online auction and sold his 1988 Nobel prize for his co-discovery of subatomic particle called the muon neutrino to cover his costs. The price of Nobel fame online? $765,002.

‘Water Man of India’ Takes Prize for Bringing Hope to A Dry Future

While the Nobel Peace Prize may applaud many great acts of human kindness and perseverance, not every year’s winners are designated as those that feed the masses or even bring essential components of life, such as water, to those in need. In order to applaud these efforts, the Stockholm Water Prize was created as the unofficial “Nobel Prize for water”, and each year it recognizes those fighting in the most impoverished nations for potable water to be brought to masses. This year’s laureate, however, is one for the record books as he alone has brought water to 1,000 villages across northern India.
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