Didier Queloz

Didier Queloz was a doctoral student of Michel Mayor when, in 1995, their spectrograph revealed the tell-tale wobble of 51 Pegasi caused by an orbiting giant planet — the first exoplanet around a Sun-like star. He has since remained a leader in exoplanet science and the search for life, sharing the 2019 Nobel Prize.

• Co-discovered 51 Pegasi b as a doctoral student (1995)
• Helped build the field of exoplanet detection and characterisation
• Shared the Nobel Prize in Physics (2019)

• The First Exoplanet Around a Sun-like Star1995 CE

• Nobel Prize in Physics2019

• Collaborated withMichel Mayor
• Part ofContemporary Astronomy
• Worked atLa Silla Observatory
• ReceivedNobel Prize in Physics
• Student ofMichel Mayor
• DiscoveredThe First Exoplanet Around a Sun-like Star