The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017-physicsknow

Nobel Prize in Physics 2017

Gravitational wave researchers win Nobel Prize

Rainer Weiss (left) from MIT, Barry Barish from Caltech, and Kip Thorn from Caltech all shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Three American physicists have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for their contribution to detecting gravitational waves. 

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".