Nobel Prize in physics to be awarded in Stockholm

The prize for this year's award is just over one million dollars.Niklas Halle'n / AP fileShareAdd NBC News to GoogleOct. 6, 2026, 4:30 AM EDTSTOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in physics will be announced Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.

The announcements of this year’s prizes began Monday with the Nobel Prize in medicine being awarded to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.

The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), whether for an individual, a small group of laureates or an organization.