Adam G. Riess

賞

1. 2006

   ショウ賞 — 天文学

   物理学

   For discovering that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating, implying in the simplest interpretation that the energy density of space is non-vanishing even in the absence of any matter and radiation.

2. 2011

   ノーベル賞 — 物理学

   物理学

   for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae

3. 2015

   ブレークスルー賞 — 基礎物理学

   物理学

   For the most unexpected discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, rather than slowing as had been long assumed.