Nobel physics prize awarded for discoveries about black holes

Three scientists won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for advancing our understanding of black holes.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that Briton Roger Penrose will receive half of this year’s prize “for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity.”

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[elizabethwatkins]

I can't believe you go on a show and can't even prepare on the subject: From the name of the American physicist to the physics of black holes. Such a disgrace CNBC to let this air like this. Shame on You!!!

[lukeleonard]

That dude is just threw out as many BUZZWORDS as he could muster and it was PAINFUL to watch...

[BenReillySpydr]

They have no clue what they're talking about or how important a discovery this is. 🤦

[Pinkielover]

Give me a Nobel prize I can use $1 million

[pepsico]

When you show up to your speech unprepared

[commandercoolify]

It's sad listening to him try to explain physics. All he had to do was use the search engine google to go at a Wikipedia page on the topic.

[Ddorne]

Honestly, American news presenters are a joke

[cameronk]

Holy moly black holy, this actually shows how unintelligent these mainstream media journalists are😂😂 I’m still surprised they’re talking about real news and not screaming “orange man bad”

[edwardallen]

Should have gone to Don Lemon and CNN. He discovered that a black hole opened up and swallowed the Malaysian aircraft. Remember?

[Pinkielover]

The fake hair is going to go into a black hole

[joecaves]

Just read the damn news. You have one job, read the news and you can't read a name. Then go off script with random babbling.

[LibertyLensOfficial]

Why cant We worry about stuff that matters to humans? Not saying its insignificant, just saying we have more pressing issues on Earth. like why is California always on fire… covid, cancer to name a few… but we’re giving awards out for this? c’mon!

[themeanone]

There is two Black Holes merging together unfortunately its Opendoor & IPOB

[JohnHHHHH-fu]

Nothing else is matter... Vote for job, job, job... vote for law and order... vote for American first and bring jobs back to US.

[mrbrazilliant]

(Reporter butchers news story)

CNBC: "Throw him in the black hole."

[cletusspucklerstablejeaniu]

Trump didn't get it for his Lysol enema research?

[ljacobs]

Joe probably would have given it to Trump.

[johnp.hayden]

read incorrectly....I discovered black holes when I was 29. 😉

[prabeshchhetri]

black hole is stuff of so much science stuff?? what?

[gretchenwenzel]

I feel like a total jerk saying this, but I’m still going to say it… I’ve never seen this guy before… But I think he may have had one too many before this clip and just before he put that dead cat on top of its head. For Pete’s sake… Just get a transplant considering you must earn enough to pay for one. Whatever it was that he had going on, it was extremely distracting.