An artist’s impression of 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet discovered by Mayor and Queloz — recipients of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics with James Peebles

Discovery of First Exoplanet scoops 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics

In 1995 Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz changed the face of astronomy and astrophysics forever when they announced the discovery of the first extrasolar planet — or exoplanet. The discovery is recognised this year as the pair share the…

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4 min readOct 8, 2019

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Freelance science journalist. BSc Physics. Space. Astronomy. Astrophysics. Quantum Physics. SciComm. ABSW member. WCSJ Fellow 2019. IOP Fellow.