awards medium Fill in the Blank

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 was awarded for the discovery of _____, a supermassive compact object at the galactic center.

  1. black hole
  2. neutron star
  3. dark matter
  4. gravitational wave

Answer: black hole

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez for the discovery of black holes, with Penrose proving their theoretical existence and Genzel and Ghez discovering the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Topic Nobel Prize
Exam Relevance UPSC, Banking, SSC