Despite the $100 million Breakthrough Starshot pledge, public accounting shows less than $10 million spending. Philip Lubin (UC Santa Barbara, laser propulsion) received ~$200,000 over eight years.

The big thinkers at Aperture break down Breakthrough Starshot and its ambitions to reach other stars. Rock the Country festival: Artists dropping out amid Kid Rock controversy Lutnick and Epstein were ...

The Breakthrough Prize Foundation held a press conference on April 12, 2016. Yuri Milner stands at the podium, left, and Professor Stephen Hawking sits in his wheelchair. The Breakthrough Prize ...