21/28 December 2019 | New Scientist | 19From the first picture of a black hole to a massive Alzheimer’s breakthrough,
the year’s most jaw-dropping momentsGoodbye to 2019
Trends of 2019
From visiting the
moon to caring about
climate change2019 through a lens
A year of sparkling
spaceships and
Denisovan artworkTop 10 of the 2010s
The decade’s biggest
discoveries – and
disappointments p20Preview of 2020
The delights and
dangers to expect
next year p29Guide to space 2020
Your cut-out-and-
keep guide to the year
ahead in space p312019 through a lensGazing into
a black holePhotograph
EHT CollaborationThe first ever direct
image of a black hole
wowed the world in April.
Using a network of eight
telescopes, the Event
Horizon Telescope
captured this picture of
the supermassive black
hole M87, which is
55 million light years
from Earth. As black holes
don’t emit light, the image
shows M87’s silhouette
against the hot, glowing
matter being pulled in by
its powerful gravity.Review of the year