event horizon telescope – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Sat, 07 Sep 2019 19:42:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Stunning 1st image of Black Hole https://lifeboat.com/blog/2019/09/stunning-1st-image-of-black-hole Sat, 07 Sep 2019 18:17:38 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=95902
Eight of 347 scientists: Their achievement is above the fold in major newspapers

Yesterday (Sep 5, 2019), the Breakthrough Prize Foundation awarded $21.6 million US dollars to the scientists behind a stunning achievement. They imaged a black hole. Although the image was announced and released 5 months ago, the story is still unfolding.

Yesterday (Sep 5, 2019), the Breakthrough Prize Foundation awarded $21.6 million US dollars to the scientists behind a stunning achievement. They imaged a black hole. Although the image was announced and released 5 months ago, the story is still unfolding.

The Breakthrough Prize is funded by Russian-Israeli billionaire Yuri Milner. It is the highest-paying science prize for researchers in life science, math, and physics.

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