Tech & Science · 2019
Shadows of Black Holes and Quantum Leaps
In 2019, science and technology captured the impossible, from imaging a black hole's event horizon to achieving quantum supremacy. Humanity expanded its reach across the cosmos while reshaping mobile technology and gene editing back on Earth.
- April 10, 2019 | Event Horizon Telescope
First Image of a Black Hole
Scientists revealed the first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole at the heart of galaxy M87, captured by a global network of radio telescopes.
- January 3, 2019 | CNSA
Chang'e 4 Far Side Lunar Landing
China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft made history by completing the first-ever soft landing on the unexplored far side of the Moon.
- October 23, 2019 | Google AI
Google Sycamore Quantum Supremacy
Google claimed quantum supremacy after its 53-qubit Sycamore processor solved a target calculation in 200 seconds that would take a supercomputer millennia.
- October 18, 2019 | NASA
First All-Female Spacewalk
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir stepped outside the International Space Station together to replace a faulty power controller, marking a historic milestone.
- January 1, 2019 | NASA
New Horizons Flies Past Arrokoth
NASA's New Horizons probe conducted a successful flyby of Arrokoth, making it the farthest world ever explored by spacecraft.
- May 24, 2019 | SpaceX
SpaceX Starlink Constellation Launch
SpaceX successfully launched its first operational batch of 60 Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, kickstarting a global broadband network.
- September 27, 2019 | Samsung
Commercial Foldable Smartphones Debut
Samsung released the Galaxy Fold after extensive design revisions, ushering in a new era of flexible screen consumer electronics.
- November 2019 | Medical Science
CRISPR Success in Treating Sickle Cell
Doctors successfully used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to treat patient Victoria Gray for sickle cell disease, demonstrating transformative medical promise.
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