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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 ...
Top 10 of Everything is an internationally distributed illustrated reference book of quantifiable Top 10 lists on a diverse variety of subjects, written by Russell Ash until his death in 2010, by Alexander and Caroline Ash from 2010-present, and Paul Terry (2014 'Top 10 for Boys') and published annually since 1989. Facts and statistics about ...
15 January 2010: Marshall Warren Nirenberg, a Nobel Prize-winning American biochemist, dies aged 82. 3 January John Keith Irwin (b. 1929), sociologist, specialist in the American prison system. Francis Gillingham (b. 1916), neurosurgeon, stereotactic surgery pioneer. 10 January – Donald Acheson (b. 1926), epidemiologist, former UK Chief ...
[10] 6 January A partial solar eclipse occurred. 8 January Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) report a new way to stabilise the "tearing modes" in fusion reactors, using radio waves to create small changes in the temperature of the plasma, allowing it to be controlled more easily. [11]
2019: The first image of a black hole is captured, using eight different telescopes taking simultaneous pictures, timed with extremely precise atomic clocks. [1] 2020: NASA and SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) discover about 12 US fl oz (350 ml) of surface water in one of the Moon's largest visible craters.
Nature 's 10 is an annual listicle of ten "people who mattered" in science, produced by the scientific journal Nature. Nominees have made a significant impact in science either for good or for bad. Nominees have made a significant impact in science either for good or for bad.
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A 2019 survey indicated a clear majority of people around the world think climate change is happening and that it is all or partly down to human actions. [15] However, 17% of Americans polled agreed that "the idea of manmade global warming is a hoax that was invented to deceive people", only Saudi Arabia and Indonesia having a higher proportion ...