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New Frontiers in Astronomy

catdynamics | October 4, 2012

The New Frontiers in Astronomy and Cosmology program has announced its Award winners! The $4+ million in awards went to 20 scientists studying Big Questions on fundamental issues and 21 high school and university student essay prize winners. The awards will be presented at a conference at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia next week. The program is funded by the Templeton Foundation as part of its celebration of the centennial of the birth of its founder, John Templeton. The topics solicited for the Big Questions were very interesting: What was the earliest state of the universe? What…

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