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… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
What we were seeing was a little bit like throwing the apple up in the air and seeing it blast off into space. — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
We have a remarkably complete picture in many ways - and it could be that we're not accounting for something that's almost three-quarters of… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
You might expect gravity would slow it down, but it's just expanding faster and faster — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
You don't want to come out with anything that's wrong, of course, in a scientific, you know, a major scientific announcement, and so you're… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
Your job as a scientist is to figure out how you're fooling yourself. — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
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… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
