Three scientists share 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics

Goran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, speaks at a press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 3, 2017. The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics are shared by three scientists, announced the Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, with 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." (Xinhua/Shi Tiansheng)