There are still so many questions to answer. When you look at any part of the universe, you have to feel humbled.

So it's possible that someday, by understanding a little bit more about how the world works, it will come back to help us in some other way that will be surprising

As a scientist, you feel a sense of team spirit for your country but you also have a sense of team spirit for the international community.

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call

We have a remarkably complete picture in many ways - and it could be that we're not accounting for something that's almost three-quarters of the entire universe

It's an unusual opportunity, a chance for so many people to share in the excitement and the fun of the fact that we may be on to hints as to what the Universe is made out of. I guess the whole point of a prize like this is to be able to get that out into the community

It's interesting to wake up at 3 in the morning by someone saying they're a reporter and they want to know how you feel. I felt fine, but I said, 'Well, why do you ask?'