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29 February 2020

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[ 27 February 2020 ] Car-size asteroid found in orbit around Earth; Musk jokes ‘it’s not mine’ News
[ 27 February 2020 ] Small black holes in colliding dwarf galaxies may be source of gravity waves News
[ 24 February 2020 ] Massive exoplanet in hellish 18-hour orbit faces tidal destruction News
[ 23 February 2020 ] Hubble sheds light on the Sombrero galaxy’s surprising past News
[ 22 February 2020 ] InSight lander will try robotic elbow grease to help stalled heat probe 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.