Who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics with Michel Mayor?
Albert Einstein
Jim Peebles and Didier Queloz
Stephen Hawking
Marie Curie
Answer
Jim Peebles and Didier Queloz shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics with Michel Mayor for their discoveries of exoplanets. Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars other than the Sun. Peebles' work focused on the formation and evolution of the Universe, while Queloz's work focused on the detection and characterization of exoplanets.
Exploring the Starry Universe: The Michel Mayor Quiz
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