1. Planetary conjunction
It was the event of the year. The great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn on Monday, December 21, the closest since 1623, has been the favorite news of the year. People from all over the world managed to see and capture the beauty of this planetary alignment that has dominated our night sky in recent months. The lineup was very close and there won’t be another like it until 2080.
2. WhatsApp is still very present in our communications
The article on how to change the font in our WhatsApp conversations is also among the favorites of our readers who use, for the most part, the most popular instant messaging application in the world. Here we explained how to use the typewriter font, which is one of the most used in social networks, or complete apps to change the font and font of the application.
3. The mysterious displacement of the magnetic north pole
The Earth’s magnetic north pole has been moving mysteriously fast towards Siberia for many months, and until now the reason was unknown. This year, a team of English scientists offered a possible explanation: the competition between two magnetic masses in the outer core of the Earth. According to experts, the modifications in the flows of molten material in the interior of the planet have upset the strength of the areas of negative magnetic flux. And that change in fluxes has subtly increased the strength of the patch below Siberia, pulling the magnetic north pole. A historic pole war.
4. The heat that does not stop
The maximum temperatures are already common and a study by the National Meteorological Service of the United Kingdom confirmed this by predicting that high temperatures will not stop rising. In the next five years the global average temperature of the Earth will reach new heat records due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases. Global average temperatures will move between 1.15 ° C and 1.45 ° C above pre-industrial conditions between 2020 and 2024, according to forecasts.
5. What warps our galaxy?
A team of astronomers discovered why the Milky Way is more crooked than initially thought. Instead of showing a flat disk, our galaxy is curved up on one side and down on the other. According to the data, the galaxy is wobbling, similar to the movement of a spinning top (precession) and the reason is none other than a collision with a smaller galaxy; an event that took place sometime in the past of the Milky Way.
6. The remains of the first known aquatic dinosaur appear
Discovered in Morocco, a Spinosaurus fossil this year rewrote the history of dinosaur evolution. This dinosaur, which lived 95 million years ago during the Cretaceous with its 15 meters long, seven tons of weight and an unusually long and flexible tail, it turns out that it used its enormous tail to swim through rivers like a crocodile , making it the first known aquatic dinosaur.
7. News about the coronavirus
The news, in general, about the SARS-CoV-2 has covered the news of practically all this 2020, but this article in particular on “Ten good news about the coronavirus”, has risen as the most viewed of the news about covid-19. In it, special emphasis was placed on vaccine projects that were already underway. Prototypes and clinical trials with antivirals that evolved positively. Vaccines are already reaching the different countries of the world.
8. An indestructible insect
The mystery about the devilish armored beetle ( Phloeodes diabolicus ), one of nature’s toughest creatures, was finally uncovered. The insect is so tough that it can survive being hit by a vehicle, but how is it possible? Turns out, he has unusual armor that is layered and assembled into his tiny body like a puzzle. Its structure is an engineering challenge that will help us create new tools for us humans.
9. The biggest explosion in the history of the universe
An astronomical landmark. The biggest cosmic outburst since the Big Bang. So powerful that it pierced the plasma surrounding the black hole in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster. Astronomers at the International Radio Astronomy Research Center detected this explosion in a galaxy 390 million light years from Earth. Imagine that a supervolcano “ate” an entire mountain side. That impressive.
10. Back in the day with the theory of panspermia
A team of researchers this year published a file on the discovery of a protein called hemolithin inside a meteorite. If that were true, it would be the first time we have encountered a molecule of such biological complexity outside of Earth. A new era of astrobiology?
