CLEAN : Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for black hole research

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Roger Penrose for his work on black hole formation as a prediction of general relativity, and jointly to Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel for discovering a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.

Who was awarded half of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting black hole formation?

• Reinhard Genzel

• Albert Einstein

• Roger Penrose

• Andrea Ghez

What significant prediction did Roger Penrose make that contributed to his Nobel Prize win?

• Discovery of gravitational waves

• Expansion of the universe

• Formation of black holes

• Existence of dark matter

Which two scientists were jointly awarded the other half of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics?

• Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel

• Roger Penrose and Albert Einstein

• Marie Curie and Niels Bohr

• Stephen Hawking and Kip Thorne

What did Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel discover at the center of our galaxy?

• A black hole

• A supermassive compact object

• A new star cluster

• A new planet

What is the significance of the supermassive compact object discovered by Ghez and Genzel?

• It is a new type of galaxy

• It is believed to be a black hole

• It is a potential source of dark energy

• It is the largest star in the galaxy