Adam Riess

Cosmology American 1969 99 quotes

He co-discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe, providing evidence for the existence of dark energy.

Quotes by Adam Riess

The universe is not only expanding, but its expansion is accelerating. This was a complete surprise.

Scientific paper/Interview 1998

It's like throwing a ball up in the air, and instead of coming down, it speeds up and goes into space.

Interview 1998

Dark energy is the biggest mystery in physics today. We don't know what it is, but we know it's there.

Nobel Prize Lecture 2011

The universe is a much stranger place than we ever imagined.

Interview 1998

We're trying to understand 95% of the universe that we can't see or touch.

Nobel Prize Lecture 2011

It's a humbling experience to realize how little we know about the cosmos.

Interview 2011

The universe is not just expanding, it's getting more interesting.

Interview 2011

The biggest discovery is often the one you didn't expect.

Interview 1998

Science is about asking questions and being open to surprising answers.

Interview 2011

The universe is a laboratory on the grandest scale.

Speech 2011

We're just scratching the surface of understanding the universe.

Interview 2011

The beauty of science is that it constantly challenges our assumptions.

Speech 2011

It's a privilege to be able to explore the fundamental nature of reality.

Interview 2011

The universe is full of surprises, and that's what makes it so exciting.

Interview 2011

Our discovery opened up a whole new field of research.

Nobel Prize Lecture 2011

The universe is not static; it's dynamic and evolving.

Scientific paper 1998

We're living in a golden age of cosmology.

Interview 2011

The universe is a puzzle, and we're trying to put the pieces together.

Speech 2011

The accelerating expansion of the universe is a profound mystery.

Nobel Prize Lecture 2011

It's a testament to the power of observation and careful measurement.

Interview 2011