Black Hole Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Physics

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October 06, 2020

Dear Reader, The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to scientists Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for work on black holes. Check out today's lead story on this year's prize about "the darkest secrets of the universe." Next, a bug trapped in a precious gem could offer new clues in the hunt for ancient life on Earth and Mars. The opal, pulled from rock in Indonesia, contains the shell of a tiny cicada nymph. And in climate news, hotter daytimes are thwarting students' academic progress and exacerbating long-standing educational inequities for people of color, according to researchers who examined the issue in more than 50 countries.

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Physics Black Hole Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Physics Half the award goes to Roger Penrose, with the rest split between Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez, for work revealing the "darkest secrets of the universe" By Lee Billings

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Rare Fossil Reveals Cicada Entombed in Opal An insect trapped in a precious gem points to new places to search for ancient life By Carolyn Wilke

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FROM THE ARCHIVE The Nature of Space and Time Two relativists present their distinctive views on the universe, its evolution and the impact of quantum theory By Stephen W. Hawking and Roger Penrose | July 1, 1996

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