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.
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
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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
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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.
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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