Over the past year, scientists have made some of the most amazing discoveries for all of humanity. Of course, most of them flew past the ears of that very humanity - unfortunately, we are too busy with social networks and loans to pay attention to such trifles. Okay, digress for a moment, this is really important information. Something may well turn our whole life, and in the near future!
Second moon
The object, called 2016 HO3, is nothing more than the second permanent satellite of the Earth, discovered very recently. Astronomers have found that every five to six hundred years, it leaves the earth's orbit, and then comes back again - that's why they were able to recognize it only now.
Immortal vertebrate
Well, here we are exaggerating a little. But the Greenland shark, recently discovered by scientists, lives for a discouragingly long time. The average lifespan of these rare creatures is as much as 400 years. In addition, sharks know how to fall into suspended animation - it is possible that some of them have found dinosaurs!
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Another planet
In 2016, scientists at the California Institute of Technology calculated that the ninth planet was almost certainly far beyond Pluto. By calculating the motion of gravitational waves, astronomers also understood the size of a possible "replenishment" in the solar system. The ninth planet is about 15 times larger than the Earth, and the Sun is only some 240 trillion kilometers from it.
Stroke rehabilitation
The use of stem cells has enabled doctors and scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine in California to conduct the world's first complete rehabilitation of stroke patients. As a result of the treatment, many began to walk again. This is an incredible breakthrough in the history of medicine.
Crowded universe
Thanks to the Hubble Telescope, NASA researchers have discovered that the universe may be much more populated than previously thought. At least now it is already reliably known that there are 10 times more galaxies in the universe than we thought earlier.
Fight paralysis
Neurophysiologists at Ohio State University have succeeded in developing a brain implant that allows paralyzed patients to move again. Yes, it sounds like fantasy, but the first one healed is already there. It was 24-year-old Jan Burkhart: after four years without movement, he got back on his feet and even went in for sports.
Proxima B
Proxima B is an exoplanet orbiting our star. What's so special about it? Nothing, except that she is the only one at the ideal point for the emergence of life. Imagine that possible aliens live only five light years away!
Rocket vertical landing
Every sci-fi movie shows a vertical landing, but in reality it was only recently done. Thanks to the persistence of Elon Musk, SpaceX has already made several vertical landings.
Source of dark matter
More recently, astronomers and physicists were surprised to realize that one of the brightest galaxies in the Milky Way, the Dragonfly 44 galaxy, is 99% dark matter. Moreover, physicists even accuse it of "attacking" other galaxies - who knows how this expansion will end.
Archeopteryx feather
Remember Jurassic Park, where dinosaur DNA was found in frozen amber? So all this may well come true in reality. Paleontologists from the China University of Geosciences have discovered a well-preserved dinosaur feather at an amber market in Burma. It is 99 million years old and yes, the discussion about the possibility of creating a replica from existing DNA is already underway.