The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2006 was awarded by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to John Mather and George Smoot for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. 瑞典皇家科学院将2006年诺贝尔物理学奖授予美国科学家约翰·马瑟和乔治·斯穆特,以表彰他们发现了宇宙微波背景辐射的黑体形式和各向异性。