About The Founder of Exoplanet
If you have been updated with the news regarding Nobel prize awards, you would know that the coveted Nobel Prize in Physics has been shared by three scientists who have given their immense contribution to unraveling and making the history of the universe. They are responsible for the discovery of some of the greatest mysteries of the world. For the “Theoretical Discoveries in Physical Cosmology,” Canadian-American James Peebles from Princeton University received one-half of the prize.
The remaining half was shared by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, the Swiss scientist who brought the concept of exoplanets to the mainstream and discovered the first-ever exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b. Their discovery sprouted a wave of revolution in astronomy, after which around 4,000 exoplanets have been found.