What The 3 Biggest Physics Discoveries Of The Decade Mean For The Future Of Science
“As the coming decades unfold, we won't simply measure how one or two supermassive black holes in the Universe evolve, but dozens or even hundreds. It's possible that stellar-mass black holes will enter the fold as well, as they're contained within our own galaxy and thus appear relatively large. It's even possible that we'll get a surprise, and the black holes that appear to be quiet will exhibit radio signatures that these telescope arrays can pick up, after all.
There is a clear path laid out to continued exploration of the Universe, and all it relies on is extending what we're already doing. We do not know what secrets nature holds beyond the already explored frontiers, but we do know one thing for certain: if we don't look, we'll never learn.”
The 2010s saw an enormous array of scientific achievements, from an explosion of exoplanet discoveries to quantum supremacy to laser advances to cosmological measurements, visiting Pluto, entering interstellar space and more. But three discoveries not only shook up the world, but have profound implications for the future of science in the 21st century.
The Higgs boson, gravitational waves, and measuring an event horizon are the big 3 physics discoveries of the 2010s. Here’s what they mean for our future.
