Nobel Prize for Physics <br />Awarded for 'Ground-Breaking' <br />Space Discoveries.<br />Three scientists — Michel <br />Mayor, Didier Queloz and <br />James Peebles — were announced as <br />the winners of the Nobel during Stockholm ceremony.<br />Queloz and Mayor's work <br />in discovering a planet that <br />orbits a star much like our sun <br />was honored by the committee.<br />I'm a bit shocked right now, I'm still trying to digest what it means, Didier Queloz, Nobel Prize Recipient, via BBC<br />.<br />Known as 51 Pegasi b, the exoplanet <br />discovered by Mayor and Queloz <br />was the first found to be orbiting <br />a sun similar to Earth's.<br />James Peeples' work concerning the <br />evolution of the universe was honored.<br />It's a life's work, James Peeples, Nobel Prize Recipient, via BBC.<br />The recipients of the Nobel Prize <br />for Physics will split the 9 million <br />kroner cash award. The amount <br />is equal to roughly $900,000
