Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish will share the nine million kronor prize.
The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three US scientists for the detection of gravitational waves.
Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish will share the nine million kronor prize.
The ripples were predicted by Albert Einstein and are a fundamental consequence of his General Theory of Relativity.
The winners are members of the Ligo-Virgo observatories, which were responsible for the breakthrough. The winners join a prestigious list of 204 other Physics laureates recognised since 1901.
2017 Nobel Prize Winners for Physics:
- Rainer Weiss.
- Kip Thorne.
- Barry Barish.
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