Birth Name:

Adam Riess

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Dec 16, 1969

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States

Age:

55

Zodiac Sign:

Sagittarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

24°

Sag

35'

About Adam Riess

Adam Guy Riess (born December 16, 1969) is an American astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute and is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological probes. Riess shared both the 2006 Shaw Prize in Astronomy and the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Saul Perlmutter and Brian P. Schmidt for providing evidence that the expansion of the universe is accelerating.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Dark Energy Co-Discoverer Adam Riess Shares Shaw Prize in Astronomy for 2006

• Adam Riess on Nobelprize.org

• Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 Announcement

• Chasing the Great Beyond

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Adam Riess: Sun 24 Sagittarius, Moon 2 Aries, Mercury 10 Capricorn, Venus 15 Sagittarius, Mars 0 Pisces, Jupiter 0 Scorpio, Saturn 2 Taurus, Uranus 8 Libra, Neptune 29 Scorpio, Pluto 27 Virgo, Mercury Square Uranus, Sun Square Pluto, Venus Semi Square Jupiter, Venus Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mars Trine Jupiter, Mars Sextile Saturn, Mars Square Neptune, Jupiter Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Semi Sextile Neptune, Saturn Quincunx Neptune, Neptune Sextile Pluto

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