Adam Riess

Adam Riess carried out much of the analysis that revealed cosmic acceleration for the High-z Supernova Search Team in 1998. He has since led precise measurements of the universe's expansion rate that hint at gaps in our cosmological model. He shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

• Key analyst of the High-z Supernova Search Team's data
• Co-discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe (1998)
• Shared the Nobel Prize in Physics (2011)

• The Accelerating Universe1998 CE

• Nobel Prize in Physics2011

• Collaborated withBrian Schmidt
• Part ofContemporary Astronomy
• ReceivedNobel Prize in Physics
• DiscoveredThe Accelerating Universe
• StudiesDark Energy