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Astronomers win big in science mega-awards

US$36 million in Breakthrough prizes awarded to researchers in physics, life sciences and mathematics.

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Zastrow, M. Astronomers win big in science mega-awards. Nature (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2014.16321

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