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We are off early again on Wednesday, December 7. Because everyone knows that Astrophysicists do their best work at the break of dawn. We filed into a beautiful auditorium filled with flowers. Friends and family of the three laureates had reserved seats in the first three rows of the hall. The laureates were introduced and proceeded to give an overview of the research that lead to the Nobel Prize. Brian Schmidt went first, Adam Riess was second, and Saul Perlmutter closed with a beautiful paean to the team work that goes into such discoveries. You can see Adam Riess’ Nobel lecture here. Brian Schmidt’s is here. And Saul Perlmutter’s is here.