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
Adam Riess is a 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics, a Professor of Astronomy and Physics at the Johns Hopkins University, and a Senior member of the Science Staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland.