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Adam Riess

Astronomy

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.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1969 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1969-12-16 1
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Dark Energy, Theories
Additional Source Dark Energy (Wikipedia)Late-time dark energy section (edge: proposed-by, Riess)
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1. 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
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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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