NEW : People say they are ` ` deeply honored '' Saul Klein , Hans P. Schmidt and Adam von Riess win the Nobel Prize in Physics . They discovered that the universe 's expansion is slowing . Nobel rules do n't allow awards to be given posthumously , but the Nobel Assembly issued a statement after the award was announced saying it interprets the rule to mean that no one can be deliberately given the award after death . The prize is worth about 10 million Swedish kronor , or $ 1.44 million .
NEW : People say they are ` ` deeply honored '' Saul Klein , Hans P. Schmidt and Adam von Riess win the Nobel Prize in Physics . They discovered that the universe 's expansion is slowing . The prize is worth about 10 million Swedish kronor , or $ 1.44 million .