For almost a century, the Universe has been known to be expanding as a consequence of the Big Bang about 14 billion years ago. However, the discovery that this expansion is accelerating is astounding. If the expansion will continue to… — Saul Perlmutter Copy Share Image
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
