$3M Breakthrough Prize Goes to Black Hole Hunters Including UA Astrophysicists

The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration, which included several University of Arizona researchers and students, received a prestigious award for producing the first image of a supermassive black hole, taken by means of an Earth-sized alliance of telescopes. By Daniel Stolte | University Communications | Sept. 5, 2019 Researchers from the University of Arizona are named in a […]

2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration

WINNERS OF THE 2020 BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE IN LIFE SCIENCES, FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS ANNOUNCED September 5, 2019 – (San Francisco) – The Breakthrough Prize Foundation and its founding sponsors – Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Ma Huateng, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Anne Wojcicki – today announced the recipients of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize […]