Early in the morning on Tuesday, Oct. 8, Princeton physicist James Peebles got a call from Sweden. His first thought was, “When you receive a phone call that early in the morning, it’s usually something horrible — or it’s this!”

Media coverage:

• NPR: 3 Researchers Awarded Nobel Prize In Physics 
• 6 ABC: Princeton University professor receives Nobel Prize in Physics 
• Global News Canada: Nobel winner Peebles credits University of Manitoba
• The Washington Post: Are we alone? Nobel Prize goes to 3 who tackled cosmic query 
• The New York Times: Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Studies of Earth’s Place in the Universe