3 scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics for black hole discoveries

Nobel prize winners.
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Three scientists will share this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries about one of the most mysterious objects in our universe.

British scientist Roger Penrose was awarded one half of the prize for discovering how black holes back up Einstein's theory of relativity, the Nobel Committee announced Tuesday. German Reinhard Genzel and American Andrea Ghez meanwhile received the other half for finding a supermassive black hole was at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

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