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Adam Riess

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Adam Guy Riess (born December 16, 1969) is an American astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Facts
Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1969 2
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1969-12-16 2
Nationality
United States 1
Birthplace
Washington, D.C., United States 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Astrophysics 1
Field (category)
Astronomy 1
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Source Adam Riess (Wikipedia)
Source Adam Riess (Wikipedia)

Proposed

Dark Energy, Theories
Additional Source Dark Energy (Wikipedia)Late-time dark energy section (edge: proposed-by, Riess)

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1. Adam Riess (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P19 (place of birth): Washington, D.C., United States
    Q61
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2. Adam Riess (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (entity-description)
    Adam Guy Riess (born December 16, 1969) is an American astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: December 16, 1969
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: December 16, 1969
  • Works In: Astrophysics, Lead sentence
    Adam Guy Riess (born December 16, 1969) is an American astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute.
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    He was also elected in 2009 to the National Academy of Sciences. Along with Perlmutter and Schmidt, he
  • Member Of: American Physical Society, Categories
    Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society
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Dark Energy (Wikipedia)
WikipediaProposed: Dark Energy, Late-time dark energy section (edge: proposed-by, Riess)
Quote, Proposed: Dark Energy, Late-time dark energy section (edge: proposed-by, Riess)
The first direct evidence for dark energy came from supernova observations in 1998 of accelerated expansion in Riess et al. and in Perlmutter et al.
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