Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus.

I will say that growing up as a kid in an urban environment and having lived in cities all my life, the one achievement that everyone can look forward to is getting the perfect parking spot

It seemed like my favourite kind of job - a wonderful chance to ask something absolutely fundamental: the fate of the Universe and whether the Universe was infinite or not

Astronomers ought to be able to ask fundamental questions without accelerators

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

Probably the single most important thing about the Nobel Prize for most people is whether they get the coveted parking space on campus.

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