Biography
Brian Schmidt led the High-z Supernova Search Team, which independently found that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. The result, announced in 1998 alongside the rival Supernova Cosmology Project, implied that most of the cosmos is dark energy. Schmidt shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Scientific contributions
- Led the High-z Supernova Search Team
- Co-discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe (1998)
- Shared the Nobel Prize in Physics (2011)
Major discoveries
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Knowledge connections
- Part ofContemporary Astronomy
- ReceivedNobel Prize in Physics
- Collaborated withAdam Riess
- DiscoveredThe Accelerating Universe
- StudiesDark Energy
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