The Path of Measuring Cosmic Acceleration

A couple of days ago I added a lecture at the University of Uppsala by one of the Nobel Prize (2011) winners Saul Perlmutter. So why don't we check out another part of these lectures at the same university by Brian P. Schmidt (who also shared the 2011 prize). The lectures focuses on observational astronomy and techniques used in measuring the acceleration of the universe. So enjoy!

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Measuring the Acceleration of the Universe

I think it's about time to update the video content of the blog with a great lecture. Here we have one of the Nobel Prize winners Saul Perlmutter, who talks about the process of measuring the acceleration of the universe (for which he with his colleagues received the 2011 Nobel Prize).

The quality is not that good, but it's a great lecture nonetheless. So enjoy and thanks for visiting the blog!

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Nobel Prize in Physics 2011

Today is very special day in the world of Physics as the Nobel prize winners in Physics have been announced today (October 4th). The winners of the prestigious prize are Saul Perlmutter (University of California Berkley), Brian P. Schmidt (Australian National University) and Adam G. Riess (Johns Hopkins University). The prize was given for the astonishing discovery of the acceleration of the expansion of the universe through observations of supernovae.

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It's really nice to see these guys getting the greatest prize in the world of science as the discovery of the acceleration of the expansion of the universe really shook the world. In a sense this discovery brought physicists to the mystery of dark matter, which is perhaps the biggest secret of Physics these days.

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