Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess of the US and Brian Schmidt of Australia will share the Nobel.

BBC: Dark discussion ahead for Europe and US

This was the approach used by the Nobel Prize winners (Saul Perlmutter and Adam Riess of the US and Brian Schmidt of Australia).

BBC: Euclid telescope to probe dark universe

Riess shared this year's prize with with fellow American Saul Perlmutter and the Australian Brian Schmidt for the discovery, back in 1998, that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating.

BBC: Getting the measure of dark energy

The group will also include former Lloyds TSB chairman Sir Brian Pitman and Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, Mr Cameron added.

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