Kip S. Thorne receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.

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Kip S. Thorne after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017.

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All thre Physics Laureates at the stage. From left: Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2017
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Overview from the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2017. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2017
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2017 laureates assembled at the Nobel Foundation during Nobel Week on 12 December 2017. Back row: chemistry laureate Jacques Dubochet, physics laureate Barry C. Barish medicine laureates Michael W. Young and Michael Rosbash, physics laureate Kip S. Thorne and chemistry laureate Joachim Frank. Front row: medicine laureate Jeffrey C. Hall, representatives of peace laureate ICAN Beatrice Fihn and Josefin Lind, Richard H. Thaler, chemistry laureate Richard Henderson and physics laureate Rainer Weiss.

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Kip Thorne is overcome with emotion while looking at the image and signature of fellow laureate Albert Einstein.

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Kip S. Thorne arrives at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2017 Nobel Laureates' Get together on 6 December 2017. Copyright © Nobel Media AB 2017
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