Breakthrough Initiatives (English Wikipedia)

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Merali, Zeeya (20 July 2015). "Search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a $100-million boost. Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announces most comprehensive hunt for alien life". Nature. 523 (7561). Nature News: 392–3. Bibcode:2015Natur.523..392M. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18016. PMID 26201576.
Čadek, Ondřej; Tobie, Gabriel; Van Hoolst, Tim; et al. (2016). "Enceladus's internal ocean and ice shell constrained from Cassini gravity, shape, and libration data". Geophysical Research Letters. 43 (11): 5653–5660. Bibcode:2016GeoRL..43.5653C. doi:10.1002/2016GL068634. ISSN 1944-8007.

agu.org (Global: 6,686^th place; English: 5,945^th place)

blogs.agu.org

Deatrick, Elizabeth (21 June 2016). "Saturn moon Enceladus' ice shell likely thinner than expected". GeoSpace. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

breakthroughinitiatives.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Breakthrough Initiatives - About". Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". breakthroughinitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". breakthroughinitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". www.breakthroughinitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
Staff (12 April 2016). "Breakthrough Initiatives - Breakthrough Starshot". Breakthrough Initiatives. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
"Breakthrough Starshot". Breakthrough Initiatives. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
"Starshot - Target". Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
"Starshot - Concept". Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
Staff (26 July 2017). "In Quest To Reach Alpha Centauri, BreakThrough Starshot Launches World's Smallest Spacecraft - First Prototype 'Sprites' – Precursors to Eventual 'StarChip' Probes – Achieve Low Earth Orbit". BreakThroughInitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". breakthroughinitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017.

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Gilster, Paul (12 April 2016). "Breakthrough Starshot: Mission to Alpha Centauri". Centauri Dreams. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Merali, Zeeya (20 July 2015). "Search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a $100-million boost. Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announces most comprehensive hunt for alien life". Nature. 523 (7561). Nature News: 392–3. Bibcode:2015Natur.523..392M. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18016. PMID 26201576.
Čadek, Ondřej; Tobie, Gabriel; Van Hoolst, Tim; et al. (2016). "Enceladus's internal ocean and ice shell constrained from Cassini gravity, shape, and libration data". Geophysical Research Letters. 43 (11): 5653–5660. Bibcode:2016GeoRL..43.5653C. doi:10.1002/2016GL068634. ISSN 1944-8007.

extremetech.com (Global: 6,470^th place; English: 4,882^nd place)

Lendino, Jamie (20 July 2015). "Stephen Hawking, Milner unveil $100M initiative to 'dramatically accelerate' search for alien life". ExtremeTech. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

ghostarchive.org (Global: 64^th place; English: 28^th place)

Chang, Kenneth (24 August 2016). "One Star Over, a Planet That Might Be Another Earth". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

gizmodo.com (Global: 763^rd place; English: 486^th place)

Stone, Maddie (12 April 2016). "Stephen Hawking and a Russian Billionaire Want to Build an Interstellar Starship". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Mandelbaum, Ryan F. (8 November 2018). "Report: NASA and Yuri Milner Working Together on Life-Hunting Mission to Enceladus". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

ibtimes.co.uk (Global: 2,363^rd place; English: 1,707^th place)

Osborne, Hannah (12 April 2016). "Alpha Centauri mission: Stephen Hawking and Yuri Milner plan to send tiny spacecrafts [sic] to the stars". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 1 May 2017.

nasa.gov (Global: 12^th place; English: 73^rd place)

Hall, Loura (7 May 2015). "DEEP IN Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration". NASA News. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2016. NASA is pleased to hear that Professor Lubin has received external funding to continue the work started in his NIAC study.

nbcnews.com (Global: 156^th place; English: 101^st place)

Powell, Corey S. (19 December 2018). "Billionaire aims to jump-start search for alien life and rewrite rules of space exploration". NBC News. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

newscientist.com (Global: 1,041^st place; English: 901^st place)

Harris, Mark (8 November 2018). "NASA is giving advice to Yuri Milner's private mission to Enceladus". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019. The first private mission to deep space is gathering momentum.

newsweek.com (Global: 371^st place; English: 235^th place)

Seung, Lee (13 April 2016). "Mark Zuckerberg just joined a new project to explore the universe faster". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

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Merali, Zeeya (20 July 2015). "Search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a $100-million boost. Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announces most comprehensive hunt for alien life". Nature. 523 (7561). Nature News: 392–3. Bibcode:2015Natur.523..392M. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18016. PMID 26201576.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Johnson, Steven (28 June 2017). "Greetings, E.T. (Please Don't Murder Us.)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
Overbye, Dennis (12 April 2016). "Reaching for the Stars, Across 4.37 Light-Years; A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 Light-Years Away". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Chang, Kenneth (24 August 2016). "One Star Over, a Planet That Might Be Another Earth". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2016.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

McBride, Sarah (20 July 2015). "Billionaire Milner pledges $100 mln to find intelligent life in space". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015.

scientificamerican.com (Global: 1,110^th place; English: 817^th place)

Billings, Lee (20 July 2015). "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Nets Historic Cash Infusion". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

space.com (Global: 862^nd place; English: 703^rd place)

Wall, Mike (9 November 2018). "Billionaire Yuri Milner's Breakthrough Initiatives Eyes Private Mission to Seek Alien Life". Space.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019. Breakthrough Initiatives was investigating the feasibility of launching a probe that would look for signs of life in the plume of water vapor and other material wafting from Enceladus' south polar region.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Sample, Ian (20 July 2015). "Anybody out there? $100m radio wave project to scan far regions for alien life". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

time.com (Global: 84^th place; English: 63^rd place)

Vella, Matt (21 July 2015). "Read the Inspiring 'Questions of Existence' Letter from the World's Greatest Thinkers". Time. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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Lubin, Philip (April 2015). "A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight" (PDF). Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 69 (published February 2016): 40–72. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 35^th place; English: 24^th place)

Feltman, Rachel (20 July 2015). "Stephen Hawking announces $100 million hunt for alien life". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Breakthrough Initiatives - About". Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Lendino, Jamie (20 July 2015). "Stephen Hawking, Milner unveil $100M initiative to 'dramatically accelerate' search for alien life". ExtremeTech. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
Johnson, Steven (28 June 2017). "Greetings, E.T. (Please Don't Murder Us.)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
Seung, Lee (13 April 2016). "Mark Zuckerberg just joined a new project to explore the universe faster". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". breakthroughinitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
Powell, Corey S. (19 December 2018). "Billionaire aims to jump-start search for alien life and rewrite rules of space exploration". NBC News. Archived from the original on 20 December 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
Harris, Mark (8 November 2018). "NASA is giving advice to Yuri Milner's private mission to Enceladus". New Scientist. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019. The first private mission to deep space is gathering momentum.
Feltman, Rachel (20 July 2015). "Stephen Hawking announces $100 million hunt for alien life". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
Billings, Lee (20 July 2015). "Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Nets Historic Cash Infusion". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Vella, Matt (21 July 2015). "Read the Inspiring 'Questions of Existence' Letter from the World's Greatest Thinkers". Time. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
Rundle, Michael (20 July 2015). "$100m Breakthrough Listen is 'largest ever' search for alien civilisations". Wired. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". breakthroughinitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
Sample, Ian (20 July 2015). "Anybody out there? $100m radio wave project to scan far regions for alien life". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". www.breakthroughinitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
Stone, Maddie (12 April 2016). "Stephen Hawking and a Russian Billionaire Want to Build an Interstellar Starship". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
Staff (12 April 2016). "Breakthrough Initiatives - Breakthrough Starshot". Breakthrough Initiatives. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
Overbye, Dennis (12 April 2016). "Reaching for the Stars, Across 4.37 Light-Years; A Visionary Project Aims for Alpha Centauri, a Star 4.37 Light-Years Away". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
"Breakthrough Starshot". Breakthrough Initiatives. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
"Starshot - Target". Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
Gilster, Paul (12 April 2016). "Breakthrough Starshot: Mission to Alpha Centauri". Centauri Dreams. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
"Starshot - Concept". Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
McBride, Sarah (20 July 2015). "Billionaire Milner pledges $100 mln to find intelligent life in space". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
Lubin, Philip (April 2015). "A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight" (PDF). Journal of the British Interplanetary Society. 69 (published February 2016): 40–72. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
Hall, Loura (7 May 2015). "DEEP IN Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration". NASA News. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2016. NASA is pleased to hear that Professor Lubin has received external funding to continue the work started in his NIAC study.
Staff (26 July 2017). "In Quest To Reach Alpha Centauri, BreakThrough Starshot Launches World's Smallest Spacecraft - First Prototype 'Sprites' – Precursors to Eventual 'StarChip' Probes – Achieve Low Earth Orbit". BreakThroughInitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
"Breakthrough Initiatives". breakthroughinitiatives.org. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
Mandelbaum, Ryan F. (8 November 2018). "Report: NASA and Yuri Milner Working Together on Life-Hunting Mission to Enceladus". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
Wall, Mike (9 November 2018). "Billionaire Yuri Milner's Breakthrough Initiatives Eyes Private Mission to Seek Alien Life". Space.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019. Breakthrough Initiatives was investigating the feasibility of launching a probe that would look for signs of life in the plume of water vapor and other material wafting from Enceladus' south polar region.
Deatrick, Elizabeth (21 June 2016). "Saturn moon Enceladus' ice shell likely thinner than expected". GeoSpace. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

wired.co.uk (Global: 3,046^th place; English: 2,125^th place)

Rundle, Michael (20 July 2015). "$100m Breakthrough Listen is 'largest ever' search for alien civilisations". Wired. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

worldcat.org (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

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Čadek, Ondřej; Tobie, Gabriel; Van Hoolst, Tim; et al. (2016). "Enceladus's internal ocean and ice shell constrained from Cassini gravity, shape, and libration data". Geophysical Research Letters. 43 (11): 5653–5660. Bibcode:2016GeoRL..43.5653C. doi:10.1002/2016GL068634. ISSN 1944-8007.

Breakthrough Initiatives (English Wikipedia)

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extremetech.com (Global: 6,470th place; English: 4,882nd place)

ghostarchive.org (Global: 64th place; English: 28th place)

gizmodo.com (Global: 763rd place; English: 486th place)

ibtimes.co.uk (Global: 2,363rd place; English: 1,707th place)

nasa.gov (Global: 12th place; English: 73rd place)

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newscientist.com (Global: 1,041st place; English: 901st place)

newsweek.com (Global: 371st place; English: 235th place)

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