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The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel, and Andrea Ghez for their groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of black holes. Penrose received the prize for his theoretical work demonstrating that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity. Genzel and Ghez were recognized for their discovery of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, providing critical evidence supporting the existence of these cosmic phenomena.

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