Current, former U.Va. astronomers honored

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A University of Virginia astronomer and his former U.Va. colleague have been awarded $1 million from the Shaw Prize Foundation.

The Shaw Prize is considered Asia’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize, which does not specifically provide an award for astronomy.

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