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2019: Chinese probe Chang'e 4 becomes the first human-made object to land on the far side of the Moon. [83] 2019: NASA concludes the 15-year Opportunity rover mission after being unable to wake the rover from hibernation. [84] 2019: The first image of the supermassive black hole inside galaxy Messier 87 was captured by the Event Horizon ...
10 January – Astronomers propose that AT2018cow, a very powerful astronomical explosion, 10–100 times brighter than a normal supernova, may have been a white dwarf being pulled apart by a black hole; or, a supernova leaving behind a black hole or a neutron star, the creation of a compact body being observed for the first time. [19] [20] [21]
20 May 2010: scientists led by Craig Venter (pictured) create a living cell with an entirely artificial genome. 7 May – Scientists conducting the Neanderthal genome project at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology describe a draft sequence of the Neanderthal ( Homo neanderthalensis ) genome in the journal Science . [ 3 ]
ITV Science News – videos, stories, and the latest live updates [16] Knowing Neurons – a website featuring neuroscience articles, infographics, artwork, and videos; Leading Edge – BBC Radio 4 series explores the world of science, people, passions & policies; final edition celebrating Darwin's 150th anniversary [17]
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1997: Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from adult cells [10] 1998: Accelerating universe [11] 1999: Prospective stem-cell therapies [12] 2000: Full genome sequencing [13] 2001: Nanocircuits or Molecular circuit [14] 2002: RNA interference [15] 2003: Dark energy [16] 2004: Spirit rover landed on Mars [17] 2005: Evolution in action [18]
The latest State of the Climate report finds that 2010 to 2019 was the hottest decade on record globally, with an increase of 0.39 °C (0.7 °F) above the long-term average, and 2019 either the second or third warmest year on record. [142] [143]
25 May 2012: SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft (pictured) becomes the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous with the International Space Station. The year 2012 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, including the first orbital rendezvous by a commercial spacecraft, the discovery of a particle highly similar to the long-sought Higgs boson, and the near-eradication of guinea ...