STOCKHOLM — The Latest on the Nobel Prize in Physics (all times local):2 p.m.
A member of the Swedish Science Academy has recited the first lines of the theme song of TV show “The Big Bang Theory” that “our whole universe was in a hot, dense state. Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started ...”
At a news conference where the winners were announced, professor Ulf Danielsson used a transparent cup with black coffee, poured milk in it and added a pinch of sugar to illustrate the work of the laureates of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics— James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.
He added, “This is the dark energy, then a fair amount of cream, this is the dark matter, and then just a tiny little bit of sugar. This is the ordinary matter, this is what science has been all about for thousands of years.” (AP news)