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For which discovery did the Nobel Prize in Physics get awarded in 1974?
Discovery of black holes
Discovery of dark matter
Discovery of first radio pulsars
Discovery of Higgs Boson particle
Answer
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded in 1974 for the discovery of the first radio pulsars. Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit regular pulses of radio waves. The discovery of pulsars was a major breakthrough in astronomy, as it provided the first direct evidence for the existence of neutron stars.
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