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Scientists share US$36m worth of prizes

Astronomers among the winners of the 2015 Breakthrough Prizes, which total 12 in all

Published Mon, Nov 10, 2014 · 09:50 PM

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    WHO knew there was so much money in dark energy?

    Two teams of astronomers who discovered that the universe is apparently being blown apart by a mysterious something called dark energy had already shared a Nobel Prize and the US$1 million Shaw Prize, among other honours. Now they have won the richest science prize of all.

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