Nobel Prize in physics, 2002
firstname: Raymond
surname: Davis Jr.
motivation: "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos"
firstname: Masatoshi
surname: Koshiba
motivation: "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos"
firstname: Riccardo
surname: Giacconi
motivation: "for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources"