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Adam Riess Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-24
An astronomer researching supernova distances and the accelerating expansion of the universe.[ref]
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Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 2026-10-18
One half went to Saul Perlmutter, and one quarter each to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess, for discovering the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae.[ref]
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 by Nobel Prize Outreach. Individual official summary: Perlmutter one half; Schmidt and Riess one quarter each; cosmic acceleration from distant supernovae.
Saul Perlmutter Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-24
An astronomer who studies supernovae and the accelerating expansion of the universe.[ref]
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