Three researchers will share the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae." The three are:
- Saul Perlmutter, head of the Supernova Cosmology Project and professor of astrophysics at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley.
- Brian P. Schmidt, head of the High-z Supernova Search Team and distinguished professor at the Australian National University.
- Adam G. Riess, professor of astronomy and physics at Johns Hopkins University.
