THE RECENT SCIENCE FINDINGS
#1- FINDING OF THE GIANT SQUID
ONE NEARLY LONG LOST SPECIES WAS SEEN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO . IT WAS THE GIANT SQUID . THIS ANIMAL WAS THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT AND INSPIRED THE LEGEND OF THE KRAKEN MONSTER . IT WAS FOUND ABOUT 3,300 FEET ( ABOUT 1,000 METERS ) BENEATH THE WAVES .
#2- THE FIRST IMAGE OF A BLACK HOLE
IN 2019 , ASTRONOMERS TOOK THE FIRST IMAGE OF THE BLACK HOLE WITH IT’S GLOWING ACCRETION DISK . THIS WAS DONE WITH THE HELP OF A TELESCOPE WHICH WAS AS POWERFUL AS ALL THE TELESCOPES AT ALL OF THE SPACE OBSERVATORIES OF THE WORLD COMBINED !
DIAGRAM OF A BLACK HOLE
#3- THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON
CHINA’S CHANG’E-4 MISSION HAD PUT A ROVER ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON WHICH IS THE PART OF THE MOON THAT WE CAN’T SEE FROM THE EARTH . AND IT BECAME THE FIRST EVER SPACE AGENCY TO TOUCH THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON .
#4- “MARS”QUAKES
NASA SCIENTISTS ALSO LEARNED ABOUT MARSQUAKES , THE RED PLANET’S VERSION OF EARTHQUAKES .
#5- AN ASTEROID ?!
THE JAPANESE AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY ( JAXA ) LAUNCHED IT’S HAYABUSA-2 PROBE IN DECEMBER 2014 TO RYUGU – AN ASTEROID. NOW , YOU MAY BE THINKING , 2014 IS LONG GONE , WHAT IS IT’S RELATION WITH THE RECENT . WELL , SURPRISINGLY 5 YEARS AFTER TAKING OFF IN 2014 , THE PROBE LANDED SAFELY AT RYUGU IN 2019 !
#6- DISCOVERING INTERSTELLAR SPACE
NASA’S VOYAGER-2 ENTERS INTERSTELLAR SPACE ( OUT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM ) AFTER 40 YEARS . IT COMPLETED THE JOURNEY IN 2019 WHILE COVERING A DISTANCE OF 11 BILLION MILES ! BUT VOYAGER-1 HAD ALSO DONE THAT ! NOW , YOU MAY BE THINKING, THEN WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE ? VOYAGER-2 HAS SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN PROVIDE US MORE DATA ABOUT INTERSTELLAR SPACE . VOYAGER-2 IS THE ONLY SPACECRAFT TO HAVE VISITED URANUS AND NEPTUNE ! IN TOTAL , IT HAS VISITED JUPITER , SATURN , URANUS AND NEPTUNE .
THE DESTINATION !
#7- DISCOVERY OF A PLANET
IN SEPTEMBER 2019 , SCIENTISTS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY HAD DISCOVERED A PLANET WITH WATER VAPOUR AND ALSO , IT IS HABITABLE FOR HUMANS . THEY NAMED THE PLANET , “ K2-18b “ . IT IS A SUPER EARTH THAT ORBITS A RED DWARF STAR 110 LIGHT YEARS AWAY . IT IS THE ONLY PLANET OUTSIDE THE SOLAR SYSTEM WITH WATER , AN ATMOSPHERE AND A TEMPERATURE RANGE THAT COULD SUPPORT LIQUID WATER ON IT’S SURFACE . THIS MAKES IT “ THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR HABITABILITY “ .
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS PLANET
#8- DISCOVERY OF A BLACK HOLE DEVOURING A NEARBY NUETRON STAR
IN AUGUST 2019 , ASTROPHYSICISTS DETECTED THE AFTERMATH OF A COLLISION BETWEEN A BLACK HOLE AND A NUETRON STAR ( THE SUPER DENSE REMNANT OF A DEAD STAR ) . THIS CATASTROPHIC COLLISION A BILLION YEARS AGO CREATED RIPPLES IN SPACE TIME , KNOWN AS GRAVITATIONAL WAVES . THESE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES REACHED EARTH IN 2019 . EINSTEIN PREDICTED THESE GRAVITATIONAL WAVES IN 1915 , BUT SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE TOO WEAK TO EVER COME TO EARTH . BUT THEY CAME A 104 YEARS LATER AFTER ENSTEIN’S PREDICTION .
#9- SCIENTISTS SUCCESSFULLY HARNESSED THE POWER OF SUNLIGHT TO POWER A SPACECRAFT
IN 2019 SUMMER THE PLANETARY SOCIETY LAUNCHED A SATELLITE CALLED LightSail 2 INTO ORBIT , WHERE IT THEN UNFURLED A 344-SQUARE FEET SOLAR TAIL . AND AS , LIGHT PARTICLES REFLECT OFF THE SPACECRAFT , IT GIVES POWER TO IT WHICH HELPS IN WORKING OF THE SPACECRAFT .
#10- RESEARCHER’S ACCURACY ABOUT RISING OF SEA WAVES DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING IS BECOMING MORE ACCURATE , AND SCARIER
A SEPTEMBER REPORT FROM THE UNIPOCC ( UNITED NATIONS INGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE ) PROJECTED THAT THE SEA LEVELS COULD RISE MORE THAN 3 FEET BY THE END OF THE CENTURY . THE RISING WATER WOULD DROWN COASTAL REGIONS , CREATING ATLANTIS ☺ .
