Jiansen Lu
2011 Physics Nobel Prize
October 10th 2011 05:39
The 2011 Physics Nobel Prize goes to Dr. Saul Perlmutter (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley), Professor Brian Schmidt (High Z Supernova search team, Australian National University, Weston Creek, Australia) and Professor Adam Reiss (High Z Supernova search team, Australian National University, Weston Creek, Australia).
Nobel Prize
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics recognizes our understanding of the cosmos. The measurements of a particular type of supernova, called Type Ia, show that the expansion of the universe itself is accelerating, not slow down as we thought before.
Video: 2011 Nobel Prize: Dark Energy feat. Sean Carroll
Guest narrator Sean Carroll of Caltech describes dark energy and the acceleration of the universe, the discovery of which was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics on October 4th.
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