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[ 1 June 2023 ] Webb spots vast plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus News
[ 26 May 2023 ] Seeing the universe in X-rays, optical and infrared, all at once News
[ 15 May 2023 ] A record-setting explosion as a supermassive black hole gorges on gas News
[ 13 May 2023 ] Globular cluster mystery may be explained by short-lived ultra-massive suns News
[ 12 May 2023 ] Jammed radar boom on Jupiter-bound Juice probe finally freed 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.