2011 Nobel Prize in Physics: Discovery of expanding universe by observing distant supernovae
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2011 to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess, for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe through observations of distant supernovae.