Mar. 16, 2012
Adam Riess: One Cosmic Puzzle Solved, Many To Go
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Astrophysicist Adam Riess shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2011 for his work on distant supernovae, which demonstrated that the universe was not only expanding--but that its expansion was accelerating. Now he's hunting for clues that might explain why, and one of the prime suspects is a mysterious force known as dark energy. |
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Adam Riess
Winner, 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
Professor, Astronomy and Physics
Johns Hopkins University
Senior Member Science Staff
Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland
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Brilliant Blunders
by Mario Livio
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