Cosmic acceleration discovery wins physics Nobel

Three astrophysicists honored for grasping universe's accelerating expansion

The shocking discovery that the universe is expanding at a faster and faster rate has taken the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics. Three American-born astrophysicists will divide the $1.5 million prize, announced October 4 in Stockholm.

COSMIC TRIO Three astrophysicists share the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery that the universe’s expansion is speeding up.