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If you ask almost any of them, 'Do you stand behind your theory? Is this the answer?' I think almost everyone would say, 'No, no, no. I'm just trying to expand the range of possibilities.' We really don't know what's going on.

~Saul Perlmutter

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There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

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So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising.

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It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community.

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As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.

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The original project began because we know the universe is expanding. Everybody had assumed that gravity would slow down the expansion of the universe and everything would come to a halt and collapse. The big surprise was it was actually speeding up.

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It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not.

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Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call.

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It's interesting to wake up at 3 in the morning by someone saying they're a reporter and they want to know how you feel. I felt fine, but I said, 'Well, why do you ask?'

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Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: Unknown

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