3. The Universe Is Accelerating
Found Year: 1998
Who Discovered It: The High-Z Supernova Search Team and the Supernova Cosmology Project
Place: The Universe
The Supernova Cosmology Project and The High-Z Supernova Search Team, two separate projects, came to the conclusion in 1998 that the universe is expanding faster than before. The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was given to Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt, and Adam G. Riess in recognition of this finding.
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The study shows that the speed at which a far-off galaxy moves away from its viewer increases steadily over time. The acceleration was measured by both previously stated teams using distant type Ia supernovae. Analyses of galaxy clustering and baryon acoustic oscillations have provided evidence in support of this.
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