Photo Gallery

Adam G. Riess receiving his Nobel Prize from His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Lina Göransson

 

Adam G. Riess after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Frida Westholm

 

Adam G. Riess arrives at the Nobel Banquet accompanied by Dr Danièle Hoffmann, wife of Medicine Laureate Jules A. Hoffmann. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Adam G. Riess at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Adam G. Riess (left), Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden (middle) and Physics Laureate Brian P. Schmidt (right) at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

From left: Adam G. Riess, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Physics Laureate Brian P. Schmidt and Professor Laura Nelson, wife of Physics Laureate Saul Perlmutter, at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Eleven of the thirteen 2011 Nobel Laureates assembled for a group photo during their visit to the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, 12 December 2011. Back row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureates in Physics Brian P. Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter and Adam G. Riess, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Dan Shechtman and Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine Bruce A. Beutler. Front row, left to right: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Laureate in Economic Sciences Christopher A. Sims, Nobel Laureate in Literature Tomas Tranströmer and Laureate in Economic Sciences Thomas J. Sargent. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Recording of Nobel Media's TV-program 'Nobel Minds', hosted by Zeinab Badawi, BBC World News, in the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace, 9 December 2011. Photo: Claes Löfgren Copyright Nobel Media AB 2011

 

Adam G. Riess at Nobel Media's recording of the TV-program 'Nobel Minds' in the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace, 9 December 2011. Photo: Claes Löfgren Copyright Nobel Media AB 2011

 

Adam G. Riess delivering his Nobel Lecture at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, on 8 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Adam G. Riess together with his wife Nancy Joy Riess and their two children Noah and Gabrielle at the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, 6 December 2011. Copyright © The Nobel Foundation 2011 Photo: Orasisfoto

 

Portrait of Adam G. Riess. Photo: W. Kirk (The Johns Hopkins University) and STScI

 

Amid a backdrop of far-off galaxies, spiral galaxy NGC 3370 looms in the foreground. It lies about 100 million light-years away toward the constellation Leo, and is also home to a supernova seen in 1994 in the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. Photo: NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team and A. Riess (STScI)

 

Adam Riess arriving at the parking lot at Johns Hopkins University after the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette

 

Adam Riess, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics, surrounded by reporters and news media outside Johns Hopkins University. Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette

 

Adam Riess, right, is congratulated by colleagues after the announcement of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics. Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette

 

Adam Riess celebrating with a glass champagne with colleague Dan Reich. Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette

 

A happy Adam Riess, left, with his wife Nancy and colleague Dan Reich. Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette

 

Colleagues at Johns Hopkins University proposing a toast for Adam Riess, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics. Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette

 

Adam Riess, center, is congratulated by colleagues Julian Krolik and Charles Bennett after the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Photo: Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins University Gazette