SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to scientists Charles L. Bennett (John Hopkins University), Gary Hinshaw (University of British Columbia), Norman Jarosik (Princeton University), Lyman Page Jr. (Princeton University), and David N. Spergel (Princeton University) and the WMAP science team.

The Breakthrough Prize is a set of international awards bestowed in three categories -- life sciences, fundamental physics and mathematics -- by Breakthrough Prize Board in recognition of scientific advance.