NEW : Winners say they are `` deeply honored '' Saul Perlmutter , Adam G. Riess and Brian P. Schmidt win Nobel prize area in Physics . They discovered that the universe 's expansion is accelerating . The prize in physics is worth 10 million Swedish kronor , about $ 1.44 million . The prize is worth $ 1.44 million , or about 10 million Swedish kronor .
NEW : Winners say they are `` deeply honored '' Saul Perlmutter , Adam G. Riess and Brian P. Schmidt win Nobel prize area in Physics . They discovered that the universe 's expansion is accelerating . The prize is worth $ 1.44 million , or about 10 million Swedish kronor .