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Adam Guy Riess (born December 16, 1969) is an American astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes.
Adam Riess is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, the Thomas J. Barber Professor in Space Studies at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, a distinguished astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
New Hubble space telescope discoveries of type Ia supernovae at z≥ 1: narrowing constraints on the early behavior of dark energy. AG Riess, LG Strolger, S Casertano, HC Ferguson, B Mobasher, B...
Adam G. Riess. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011. Born: 16 December 1969, Washington, D.C., USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Dr. Adam G. Riess is 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, both in Baltimore, MD.
May 6, 2024 · Adam Riess, American astronomer who was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for the discovery of dark energy, a repulsive force that is the dominant component (73 percent) of the universe. He shared the prize with Samuel Perlmutter and Brian Schmidt.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 was divided, one half awarded to Saul Perlmutter, the other half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
