1. Flight 370 Malaysia Airlines
Boeing 777-200ER disappeared without a trace during a flight from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Beijing (PRC) on March 8, 2014. The weather was calm, and there were no alarms from the pilots before contact with the aircraft was lost. A large-scale search operation was carried out, but the Boeing 777 was never found.
Even after a significant period of time, there was no information about Malaysia Airlines flight 370. All people on board (12 crew members and 227 passengers) are presumed dead.
2. Icelandic volcano
The eruption of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland began in August last year and continues to this day. This volcano is unique due to the huge area of its lava field and the large amount of dangerous sulfur dioxide gases it releases.
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The area of the lava field created by the volcano is 51 km. It is the largest field since the 1783 Lucky eruption. In terms of sulfur dioxide gases, in this regard, Bardarbunga surpassed any volcano of this type on Earth.
3. The story of Ednan Syed
Ednan is serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Last year, an investigative journalism began under the leadership of Sarah Koenig, who is trying to find out if Seyed is really the girl's killer.
The fact is that many of the circumstances of the crime do not agree. But, alas, there are no witnesses who saw that the convicted person was elsewhere at the time of the crime.
The fate of the man will be decided by the Maryland Court of Appeals. This is his last chance to prove his innocence.
4. Giant pits in Siberia
A 35-meter hole was discovered on the Siberian Yamal Peninsula. Soon, several more similar pits appeared in the north of Russia. One of the theories of the origin of this phenomenon is underground gas explosions, but the exact reasons have not been clarified by scientists.
5. Gold stolen from the US Mint
In the backyard of one of the Californian houses, a married couple discovered a whole treasure - 1,400 gold coins, the total value of which is about $ 10 million. Where did this gold come from?
The story became even more interesting when it was revealed that similar coins worth $ 30,000 were stolen from the US Mint in San Francisco.
Former Mint employee Walter N. Dimmick was convicted of the crime, but he never revealed where the money was. Perhaps they were found in California.
6. Hacking personal photos of stars
Beginning in late August, the unknown began posting hundreds of personal photos of the stars extracted from their hacked iCloud cloud storage accounts. Among the victims were mainly famous women: Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Kim Kardashian, Kate Upton and many others.
It is still unknown who hacked the repository. The FBI was investigating this case.
7. Exoluna
Scientists believe they have discovered an exo-moon - a satellite of a planet that lies outside the solar system. The problem is that we are unlikely to know for sure if they are right.
The researchers saw a possible exoloon using gravitational microlensing, a technique that detects distant objects regardless of the light they emit.
When a star in the foreground is between the Earth and a more distant star, a nearby celestial body can act as a magnifying glass to a more distant one. If that star has a planet orbiting it, then that planet will brighten or darken the light of a distant star. But in some cases, a distant object may be a free floating planet. This gives scientists the ability to measure the mass of a planet in relation to its "companion".
In this case, the researchers could find a small star around which the planet revolves, with a mass 18 times less than the mass of the Earth, or this could be a planet larger than Jupiter and its satellite with a weight less than that of Earth.
But all this is just speculation, so scientists continue their work.
8. Research of Stonehenge
New research has shown that Stonehenge did not always stand alone on its plain. It turns out that other archaeological values are hidden under the ancient stones: shrines, burial mounds, deep pits, and much more. Previously, Stonehenge was considered a separate isolated structure, so this discovery unsettled scientists. I wonder what secrets they will be able to unravel in the near future?
9. Hacking "Sony Pictures"
Sony Pictures are still recovering from a massive hack and disclosure of company secrets. The FBI accuses the North Korean government of the crime, believing the crime was revenge for the filming of Interview, a comedy about the assassination of North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un. On computers "Sony Pictures" received a message from anonymous persons that if the company does not cancel the release of the film - "the world will fill with fear."
10. The disappearance of Mexican schoolchildren
About 40 Mexican schoolchildren have disappeared in Mexico City after police stopped them during a protest trip. It is believed that after that the police handed over the children to drug dealers, who killed them. But their bodies were never found.
Nearly 80 people were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, including the mayor, his wife and the local police chief, but until the bodies are found, the case remains open.
