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3 July 2022

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[ 9 June 2022 ] Micrometeoroid dings James Webb mirror segment News
[ 12 May 2022 ] Milky Way’s supermassive black hole shines in stunning first portrait News
[ 9 May 2022 ] Webb optical alignment complete and virtually perfect News
[ 2 May 2022 ] Ingenuity zooms over Mars rover’s discarded parachute and backshell News
[ 14 April 2022 ] The largest comet ever seen has been measured – and it’s a whopper News

Black hole telescope team shares $3 million Breakthrough Prize

9 September 2019 Astronomy Now

Researchers with the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration will share a $3 million Breakthrough Prize for their historic image of the supermassive black hole at the core of the M87 galaxy.

Lick Observatory joins search for intelligent life in the universe

21 July 2015 Astronomy Now

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation announced a $100 million initiative to dramatically reinvigorate the search for intelligent life in the universe over the next ten years. Lick Observatory’s Automated Planet Finder (APF) Telescope will undertake a new deep and broad search for optical laser transmissions from nearby civilisations, if any exist.