Wednesday, October 05, 2011

SPACE - Nobel Prize to U.S. Scientists

"U.S. Scientists' Research on Universe Expansion Earns Nobel Nod" PBS Newshour 10/4/2011

Excerpt

GWEN IFILL (Newshour): Now our changing understanding of the cosmos and what it has to do with the Nobel Prize in physics.

The prize was awarded to three U.S. scientists today: Brian Schmidt, of Australian National University, Adam Riess of Johns Hopkins University and Saul Perlmutter of the University of California, Berkeley. That research found the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate.

Perlmutter was recently profiled on "Quest," a science program produced by KQED San Francisco. Here's part of that story. It's narrated by Andrea Kissack.

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