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> [If you're puzzled by what dark energy is, you're in good company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/if-you-re-puzzled-by-what-dark-energy-is-you-re-in-good-company/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

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## Other authors on Dark energy

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-energy/neil-degrasse-tyson/)
- [Adam Riess 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-energy/adam-riess/)

## More by Saul Perlmutter

> [This is the kind of discovery that resonates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/this-is-the-kind-of-discovery-that-resonates/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [I was one of those kids who always thought that we should know how the world works around us](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/i-was-one-of-those-kids-who-always-thought-that-we-should-know-how/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [What we were seeing was a little bit like throwing the apple up in the air and seeing it blast off into space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/what-we-were-seeing-was-a-little-bit-like-throwing-the-apple-up-in/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/astronomers-ought-to-be-able-to-ask-fundamental-questions-without/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/we-have-a-remarkably-complete-picture-in-many-ways-and-it-could-be/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [You might expect gravity would slow it down, but it's just expanding faster and faster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/you-might-expect-gravity-would-slow-it-down-but-it-s-just-expanding/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/you-don-t-want-to-come-out-with-anything-that-s-wrong-of-course-in-a/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [Your job as a scientist is to figure out how you're fooling yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/your-job-as-a-scientist-is-to-figure-out-how-you-re-fooling-yourself/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/it-seemed-like-my-favourite-kind-of-job-a-wonderful-chance-to-ask/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/there-are-still-so-many-questions-to-answer-when-you-look-at-any-part/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/it-s-an-unusual-opportunity-a-chance-for-so-many-people-to-share-in/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/i-will-say-that-growing-up-as-a-kid-in-an-urban-environment-and/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [I am delighted, excited, and deeply honored.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/i-am-delighted-excited-and-deeply-honored/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [For almost a century, the Universe has been known to be expanding as a consequence of the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/for-almost-a-century-the-universe-has-been-known-to-be-expanding-as-a/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saul-perlmutter/so-it-s-possible-that-someday-by-understanding-a-little-bit-more/)

[Saul Perlmutter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saul-perlmutter/)

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