The prizes for the physics by the ‘Noble’ community was recently announced. In total, there were 3 winners. One half of this award was given to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz while the other part was awarded to James Peebles.
As the awards were announced, the astrophysicist from Switzerland- Michel Mayor’s photo has went viral on social media. The photo is of him at the moment when he finds out that he has been awarded with the Nobel Prize. Michel Mayor was travelling while he found this out, his picture was shared by the Nobel Prize twitter handle. He is in Spain for his lecture tour.
In the picture, he is seen sitting at the San Sebastian Airport as he looks into his laptop with a mixed expression of shock and satisfaction and it is something you should not miss.
In the tweet by the Nobel Prize handle, it said, “Mayor is in the cafeteria of San Sebastian airport, looking at all the messages flooding in!” Michel Mayor is selected for the Nobel Prize for discovering an exoplanet.
People on social media were blown away by his reaction and comments in praise are pouring for him.