ScanPyramids

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The ScanPyramids{{Cite web |title=ScanPyramids |url=http://www.scanpyramids.org/ |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=www.scanpyramids.org |language=en |archive-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617224033/http://www.scanpyramids.org/ |url-status=live }} mission is an Egyptian-International project designed and led by Cairo University and the French HIP Institute (Heritage Innovation Preservation).{{Cite web |title=Heritage Innovation Preservation Institute |url=http://www.hip.institute/ |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=HIP Institute |archive-date=June 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605114644/http://www.hip.institute/ |url-status=live }} This project aims at scanning Old Kingdom Egyptian Pyramids (Khufu, Khafre, the Bent and the Red) to detect the presence of unknown internal voids and structures.{{Cite web |title=CEA joins #ScanPyramids project - Ancient Egypt - Heritage - Ahram Online |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/203962.aspx |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=english.ahram.org.eg |language=en |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613183833/http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/203962.aspx |url-status=live }}

The project, launched in October 2015,{{Cite news |date=2015-10-29 |title=Archaeologists Plan on Using Cosmic Ray Muons to Peer Inside the Pyramids |language=en-us |work=Motherboard |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/archaeologists-plan-on-using-cosmic-ray-muons-to-peer-inside-the-pyramids/ |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143846/https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/53dmab/archaeologists-plan-on-using-cosmic-ray-muons-to-peer-inside-the-pyramids |url-status=live }} combines several non-invasive and non-destructive techniques which may help to get a better understanding of their structure and their construction processes and techniques.{{Clarify|date=March 2023}} The team was using Infrared thermography, muon tomography, 3D simulation and reconstruction techniques.{{Cite news |date=2015-10-29 |title=Researchers Will Use Lasers and Drones to Map the Pyramids Inside and Out |language=en-US |work=Popular Mechanics |url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a18001/researchers-map-pyramids-scanpyramid-project |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614144309/https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a18001/researchers-map-pyramids-scanpyramid-project/ |url-status=live }}

ScanPyramids is an interdisciplinary project mixing art, science and technology.{{Cite news |date=2018-03-02 |title=Scan Pyramids project |language=en-US |work=Altaplana |url=https://www.altaplana.be/en/dictionary/scan-pyramids |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614123220/https://www.altaplana.be/en/dictionary/scan-pyramids |url-status=live }} On November 2, 2017, the ScanPyramids team announced, through a publication in Nature,{{Cite journal |last1=Morishima |first1=Kunihiro |last2=Kuno |first2=Mitsuaki |last3=Nishio |first3=Akira |last4=Kitagawa |first4=Nobuko |last5=Manabe |first5=Yuta |last6=Moto |first6=Masaki |last7=Takasaki |first7=Fumihiko |last8=Fujii |first8=Hirofumi |last9=Satoh |first9=Kotaro |date=2017-11-02 |title=Discovery of a big void in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons |journal=Nature |language=En |volume=552 |issue=7685 |pages=386–390 |arxiv=1711.01576 |bibcode=2017Natur.552..386M |doi=10.1038/nature24647 |issn=0028-0836 |pmid=29160306 |s2cid=4459597}} its third discovery in the Great Pyramid, a "plane-sized"{{Cite news |title=What we know about the 'plane-sized void' scientists have just found in the Great Pyramids |language=en-GB |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/great-pyramid-egypt-giza-room-inside-void-plane-sized-mystery-scientists-chamber-a8033336.html |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614151255/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/great-pyramid-egypt-giza-room-inside-void-plane-sized-mystery-scientists-chamber-a8033336.html |url-status=live }} previously unknown void named the "ScanPyramids Big Void".{{Cite news |title=Historique ! Une gigantesque cavité de 30 mètres de long découverte dans la pyramide de Kheops |language=fr |work=Sciences et Avenir |url=https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo/archeologie/historique-une-cavite-de-30-metres-de-long-decouverte-dans-la-pyramide-de-kheops_117964 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=November 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103015931/https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo/archeologie/historique-une-cavite-de-30-metres-de-long-decouverte-dans-la-pyramide-de-kheops_117964 |url-status=live }}

Discoveries

= 2016 =

On October 15, 2016, ScanPyramids confirmed their first unknown void discoveries thanks to muon tomography in the Great Pyramid.{{Cite news |title=In Photos: Looking Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza |work=Live Science |url=https://www.livescience.com/56510-photos-inside-great-pyramid-giza.html |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121912/https://www.livescience.com/56510-photos-inside-great-pyramid-giza.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Scanning the Pyramids: Hidden cavities beneath Giza's Great Pyramid |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/scanning-the-pyramids-hidden-cavities-beneath-gizas-great-pyramid/ss-AAjeP6q?li=BBoPOOl&parent-title=archaeologists-uncover-secrets-of-how-egyptians-built-the-great-pyramid-of-giza |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=www.msn.com |language=en-CA |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614122032/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/scanning-the-pyramids-hidden-cavities-beneath-gizas-great-pyramid/ss-AAjeP6q?li=BBoPOOl&parent-title=archaeologists-uncover-secrets-of-how-egyptians-built-the-great-pyramid-of-giza |url-status=live }} A previously unknown cavity{{Cite journal |last=Procureur |first=S. |date=2018-01-11 |title=Muon imaging: Principles, technologies and applications |journal=Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |volume=878 |pages=169–179 |bibcode=2018NIMPA.878..169P |doi=10.1016/j.nima.2017.08.004 |issn=0168-9002}} was confirmed on the North-Eastern Edge,{{Cite news |date=2016-10-15 |title=Deux cavités découvertes dans la grande pyramide de Khéops |language=fr-FR |work=FIGARO |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2016/10/15/03004-20161015ARTFIG00133-decouverte-de-deux-cavites-dans-la-grande-pyramide-de-kheops.php |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142135/http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2016/10/15/03004-20161015ARTFIG00133-decouverte-de-deux-cavites-dans-la-grande-pyramide-de-kheops.php |url-status=live }} roughly at {{convert|110|m}} high with similar void volume characteristics as a known "cave" located at {{convert|83|m}} on the same edge.{{Cite book |last1=Kanaya |first1=Ichi |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258884202 |last2=Kawae |first2=Yukinori |last3=Yasumuro |first3=Yoshihiro |last4=Chiba |first4=Fumito |title=2013 Digital Heritage International Congress (DigitalHeritage) |chapter=3D reconstruction of the "cave" of the great pyramid from video footage |date=2013-10-28 |isbn=978-1-4799-3170-5 |pages=227–230 |doi=10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2013.6743739 |s2cid=16347058}}

A second void was discovered behind the chevrons area of Khufu's North Face above the Descending Corridor (referred to as "SP-NFC" in papers). This area was investigated after thermal anomalies observation that led the team to position muon emulsion plates in the Descending Corridor.{{Cite web |last=HIP Institute |date=2016-10-15 |title=The " ScanPyramids " Project launch to crack the secret of the biggest Egyptian pyramids |url=http://www.hip.institute/press/HIP_INSTITUTE_CP2_EN.pdf |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=www.hip.institute |archive-date=January 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107075426/http://www.hip.institute/press/HIP_INSTITUTE_CP2_EN.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |title=More hidden 'cavities' found in Great Pyramid of Giza |language=en |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3010559/more-hidden-cavities-found-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/ |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614124041/https://globalnews.ca/news/3010559/more-hidden-cavities-found-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/ |url-status=live }} This void was further investigated during 2017 to provide more information about its shape, size, and exact position.{{Cite web |date=2016-11-09 |title=ScanPyramids first discoveries October 2016 - Official Video Report |url=https://vimeo.com/190875987 |access-date=2018-06-12 |publisher=H. I. P. Institute |via=Vimeo |archive-date=December 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225213853/https://vimeo.com/190875987 |url-status=live }}

= 2017 =

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In 2017 more muon-sensitive emulsion plates were positioned in the descending corridor and in Al-Mamun's tunnel. The void behind the chevrons could be confirmed through different points of view and its characteristics refined. Named "ScanPyramids North-Face Corridor" (SP-NFC), this void is located between {{convert|17|and|23|m}} from the Great Pyramid's ground level, between {{convert|0.7|and|2|m}} from the North Face. It could be horizontal or sloping upwards and it has a corridor-like shape.{{Cite web |date=2017-11-16 |title=ScanPyramids 2017 Video Report |url=https://vimeo.com/243085434 |access-date=2018-06-12 |publisher=H. I. P. Institute |via=Vimeo |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612051013/https://vimeo.com/243085434 |url-status=live }}

== ScanPyramids Big Void (SP-BV) ==

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On November 2, 2017, the ScanPyramids team published its third discovery in Nature, which was named "ScanPyramids Big Void", or "SP-BV" for short. It describes a newly discovered huge void in a circumscribed area above the Grand Gallery. It is estimated to have a length of at least {{convert|30|m}} and a similar cross-section as the Grand Gallery. The ScanPyramids Big Void has been observed by three teams of physicists from different points of view (2 points of view in the Queen's Chamber and from outside in front of the North Face).

Three scientific institutions specializing in particle physics have worked independently and each one used a different and complementary muography technique:

  • Nagoya University, Japan: Nuclear emulsion plates in the Queen's Chamber under the leadership of Professor Morishima Kunihiro{{Cite web |title=Nagoya University Research Achievements |url=http://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/activities/news/2017/11/Physicists-at-Nagoya-University-discover-a-huge-void-in-Giza%27s-Great-Pyramid.html |access-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122231528/https://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/research/activities/news/2017/11/Physicists-at-Nagoya-University-discover-a-huge-void-in-Giza%27s-Great-Pyramid.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=29 July 2022 |title=Research of Egyptian Pyramids with Cosmic ray Imaging {{pipe}} Features |url=http://www.aip.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/public/nu_research/features/detail/0004136.html |access-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124235859/http://www.aip.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/public/nu_research/features/detail/0004136.html |url-status=live }}
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan: Scintillator hodoscope in the Queen's Chamber
  • Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), France: Muon telescopes with gas detectors positioned outside in front of the Great Pyramid's North Face.

Like the work done on the "ScanPyramids North Face Corridor", more muography observations, from new viewpoints, need to be conducted in order to better determine the Big Void's shape, so that functional inferences can be drawn.

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| title= How cosmic rays revealed a new, mysterious void inside the Great Pyramid

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As long the exact layout and function of the void is still unknown, the scientists have been cautious about using architectural nomenclature.

{{Cite news

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| title= Stunned Scientists Detect Suspected Hidden Chamber Within Great Pyramid of Giza

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| work= Gizmodo

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| quote= We're avoiding the word 'chamber', we know that it's a big void, but we're not calling it a chamber

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== North Facing Corridor (SP-NFC) ==

In March 2023, the team published{{Cite journal |last1=Procureur |first1=Sébastien |last2=Morishima |first2=Kunihiro |last3=Kuno |first3=Mitsuaki |last4=Manabe |first4=Yuta |last5=Kitagawa |first5=Nobuko |last6=Nishio |first6=Akira |last7=Gomez |first7=Hector |last8=Attié |first8=David |last9=Sakakibara |first9=Ami |last10=Hikata |first10=Kotaro |last11=Moto |first11=Masaki |last12=Mandjavidze |first12=Irakli |last13=Magnier |first13=Patrick |last14=Lehuraux |first14=Marion |last15=Benoit |first15=Théophile |date=2023-03-02 |title=Precise characterization of a corridor-shaped structure in Khufu's Pyramid by observation of cosmic-ray muons |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1 |page=1144 |doi=10.1038/s41467-023-36351-0 |issn=2041-1723 |pmc=9981702 |pmid=36864018|bibcode=2023NatCo..14.1144P }} its finding of the North Facing Corridor (NFC) behind the original entrance; the void is called "SP-NFC" (ScanPyramids - North Face Corridor) in the paper.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=Scientists discover corridor hidden for 4,500 years in Great Pyramid of Giza |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-03/scientists-uncover-hidden-corridor-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/102047768 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307062339/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-03/scientists-uncover-hidden-corridor-in-great-pyramid-of-giza/102047768 |url-status=live }}

Reactions

= Egyptologists =

On November 2, 2017, the Egyptologist Zahi Hawass told the New York Times: "They found nothing...This paper offers nothing to Egyptology. Zero."{{Cite news |last=Fleur |first=Nicholas St |date=2 November 2017 |title=Inside Giza's Great Pyramid, Scientists Discover a Void |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/science/pyramids-giza-void.html |access-date=2018-06-12 |quote="They found nothing," said Dr. Hawass, noting that such construction gaps had been known of for at least two decades. "This paper offers nothing to Egyptology. Zero." |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613005657/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/science/pyramids-giza-void.html |url-status=live }} Though this later contrasted his comments once the North Face Corridor was inspected with an Endoscope, commenting that this represented a "major discovery" that would "enter houses and homes of people all over the world for the first time". {{Cite news |last=Gritten |first=David |date=2 March 2023 |title=Egypt: Hidden corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza seen for first time |language=en |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64825526 |access-date=2025-04-08 |quote= This represented a "major discovery" that would "enter houses and homes of people all over the world for the first time" |archive-date=March 17, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317172218/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-64825526 |url-status=live }}

On November 3, 2017, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a statement, "The existence of several void spaces inside the pyramid is not a new thing. Egyptologists and scholars knew about it several years ago," adding, "the ministry sees that the ScanPyramid team should not have rushed {{sic}} to publish their findings in media at that stage of their research because it requires more research and it is too early to say that there was a new discovery."{{Cite news |date=2017-11-03 |title=The response to the Ministry of Antiquities on the void space found inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu |language=en-US |url=https://facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1579925528719758&id=172009302844728 |access-date=2023-06-18 }}

On November 4, Khaled al-Anany, Egyptian Minister of Antiquities said, during a press conference, that the void space found inside the Great Pyramid of Khufu by the ScanPyramids project is a new revelation that brought the world's attention to Egypt. He added "What was discovered is new and larger than the known cavities, and we'll continue in our scientific steps".{{Cite news |date=2017-11-04 |title=Khufu pyramid void draws world attention to Egypt: Minister - Egypt Independent |language=en-US |work=Egypt Independent |url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/khufu-pyramid-void-draws-world-attention-egypt-minister/ |access-date=2018-06-12 |quote="What was discovered is new and larger than the known cavities, and we'll continue in our scientific steps," Anany said |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121713/http://www.egyptindependent.com/khufu-pyramid-void-draws-world-attention-egypt-minister/ |url-status=live }}

Other Egyptologists have welcomed the discovery. Yukinori Kawae told National Geographic "This is definitely the discovery of the century...There have been many hypotheses about the pyramid, but no one even imagined that such a big void is located above the Grand Gallery."{{Cite news |date=2017-11-02 |title=Mysterious Void Discovered in Egypt's Great Pyramid |url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/great-pyramid-giza-void-discovered-khufu-archaeology-science/ |access-date=2018-06-12 |quote="There have been many hypotheses about the pyramid, but no one even imagined that such a big void is located above the Grand Gallery." |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727141201/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/great-pyramid-giza-void-discovered-khufu-archaeology-science/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |title=Kheops : Fausse polémique autour de la découverte d'une gigantesque cavité dans la grande pyramide |language=fr |work=Sciences et Avenir |url=https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo/kheops-fausse-polemique-autour-de-la-decouverte-d-une-gigantesque-cavite-dans-la-grande-pyramide_118038 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106204045/https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo/kheops-fausse-polemique-autour-de-la-decouverte-d-une-gigantesque-cavite-dans-la-grande-pyramide_118038 |url-status=live }}

Peter der Manuelian, from Harvard University, said that "This is an exciting new discovery, and potentially a major contribution to our knowledge about the Great Pyramid."{{Cite web |last=Sample |first=Ian |date=2017-11-02 |title=Archaeologists discover mysterious void deep within Great Pyramid of Giza |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/02/archaeolgists-discover-mysterious-void-deep-within-great-pyramid-of-giza |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=the Guardian |language=en |quote=Peter Der Manuelian, professor of Egyptology and director of the Harvard Semitic Museum, said the discovery was "potentially a major contribution to our knowledge about the Great Pyramid." |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145209/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/02/archaeolgists-discover-mysterious-void-deep-within-great-pyramid-of-giza |url-status=live }}

= Physicists =

Lee Thompson, an expert in particle physics at the University of Sheffield (UK) told Science: "The scientists have "seen" the void using three different muon detectors in three independent experiments, which makes their finding very robust."{{Cite news |date=2017-11-01 |title=Cosmic rays reveal unknown void in the Great Pyramid of Giza |language=en |work=Science {{!}} AAAS |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/cosmic-rays-reveal-unknown-void-great-pyramid-giza |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203205459/https://www.science.org/content/article/cosmic-rays-reveal-unknown-void-great-pyramid-giza |url-status=live }} Christopher Morris, physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory called the findings "pretty amazing".{{Cite news |last=Fleur |first=Nicholas St |date=2 November 2017 |title=Inside Giza's Great Pyramid, Scientists Discover a Void |language=en |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/science/pyramids-giza-void.html |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613005657/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/02/science/pyramids-giza-void.html |url-status=live }} Jerry Anderson who worked on Khafre's Pyramid and was a member of the team of Luis Walter Alvarez, the first scientist to use muography inside a pyramid in 1965,{{Cite web |last=Alvarez |first=Luis Walter |date=1965-03-01 |title=A proposal to "X-ray" the Egyptian Pyramids to Search for Presently Unknown Chambers |url=http://alvarezphysicsmemos.lbl.gov/physics_pdfs/APM541-550.pdf |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=Alvarez Physics Memos 541–550 |pages=39–102 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063348/http://alvarezphysicsmemos.lbl.gov/physics_pdfs/APM541-550.pdf |url-status=live }} said to Los Angeles Times, with a laugh: "I am very excited and very pleased,...I wish we had worked in the Great Pyramid, now that I look back on it".{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Amina |date=3 November 2017 |title=Using particle physics, scientists find hidden structure inside Egypt's Great Pyramid |url=http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-egypt-pyramid-giza-20171102-htmlstory.html |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121940/http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-egypt-pyramid-giza-20171102-htmlstory.html |url-status=live }}

= International media =

This discovery has been featured in many international media as one of the top discoveries of the year 2017 (NBC News,{{Cite news |title=5 groundbreaking scientific discoveries of 2017 that could change our future |language=en |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/long-story-short/video/5-groundbreaking-scientific-discoveries-of-2017-that-could-change-our-future-1124174403597 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612153143/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/long-story-short/video/5-groundbreaking-scientific-discoveries-of-2017-that-could-change-our-future-1124174403597 |url-status=live }} Euronews,{{Cite news |date=2017-12-26 |title=Here are the top science and tech stories of 2017 |language=en |work=euronews |url=http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/26/8-top-science-tech-stories-2017-ncna832691 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143409/http://www.euronews.com/2017/12/26/8-top-science-tech-stories-2017-ncna832691 |url-status=live }} Physics World,{{Cite news |date=2017-12-11 |title=First multimessenger observation of a neutron-star merger is Physics World 2017 Breakthrough of the Year – Physics World |language=en-GB |work=Physics World |url=https://physicsworld.com/a/first-multimessenger-observation-of-a-neutron-star-merger-is-physics-world-2017-breakthrough-of-the-year/ |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613134257/https://physicsworld.com/a/first-multimessenger-observation-of-a-neutron-star-merger-is-physics-world-2017-breakthrough-of-the-year/ |url-status=live }} Science News,{{Cite news |last=Travis |first=Kate |date=2018-02-15 |title=Revisiting the science stories that made us cry, think and say 'OMG' in 2017 |language=en |work=Science News |url=https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-public/staff-favorite-science-stories-2017-yir |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121625/https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-public/staff-favorite-science-stories-2017-yir |url-status=live }} Global News,{{Cite news |title=7 Earth-like planets, designer babies and a tower of human skulls: Best science discoveries of 2017 |language=en |work=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3930204/top-science-discoveries-2017 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613054422/https://globalnews.ca/news/3930204/top-science-discoveries-2017/ |url-status=live }} Gizmodo,{{Cite news |last=Mandelbaum |first=Ryan F. |title=The Coolest Scientific Discoveries of 2017 |language=en-US |work=Gizmodo |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-coolest-scientific-discoveries-of-2017-1821002375 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121442/https://gizmodo.com/the-coolest-scientific-discoveries-of-2017-1821002375 |url-status=live }} Business Insider,{{Cite web |title=The wildest scientific discoveries of 2017 |url=http://www.businessinsider.fr/us/biggest-scientific-discoveries-2017-12 |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=Business Insider France |language=fr-FR |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121758/http://www.businessinsider.fr/us/biggest-scientific-discoveries-2017-12 |url-status=live }} Altmetric,{{Cite web |title=Altmetric's top 100 research articles – 2017 |url=https://www.altmetric.com/top100/2017/#list&article=28295967 |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=Altmetric |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121802/https://www.altmetric.com/top100/2017/#list&article=28295967 |url-status=live }} Egypt Today,{{Cite web |date=20 December 2017 |title=The best scientific breakthroughs of 2017 - Egypt Today |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/6/37520/The-best-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2017 |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=www.egypttoday.com |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614121614/https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/6/37520/The-best-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2017 |url-status=live }} NBC,{{Cite news |title=7 top science and tech stories of 2017 |language=en-US |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/8-top-science-tech-stories-2017-ncna832691 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612213632/https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/8-top-science-tech-stories-2017-ncna832691 |url-status=live }} MSN News,{{Cite web |title=20 important discoveries of 2017 |url=http://a.msn.com/01/en-us/BBFVmJr?ocid=se |access-date=2018-06-12 |website=a.msn.com |language=en-US}} Le Monde,{{Cite news |title=2017, une année de sciences en images |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/portfolio/2017/12/26/2017-une-annee-de-sciences-en-images_5234475_1650684.html |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611163759/https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/portfolio/2017/12/26/2017-une-annee-de-sciences-en-images_5234475_1650684.html |url-status=live }} CTV,{{Cite news |last=Gajewski |first=Misha |date=2017-12-21 |title=The 17 most amazing moments in science of 2017 |language=en-CA |work=CTVNews |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/the-17-most-amazing-moments-in-science-of-2017-1.3702772 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614122224/https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/the-17-most-amazing-moments-in-science-of-2017-1.3702772 |url-status=live }} The Franklin Institute,{{Cite news |date=2017-12-27 |title=7 Most Exciting Scientific Breakthroughs of 2017 |language=en |work=The Franklin Institute |url=https://www.fi.edu/7-most-exciting-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2017 |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614144225/https://www.fi.edu/7-most-exciting-scientific-breakthroughs-of-2017 |url-status=live }} Radio Canada,{{Cite web |last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca |first=Zone Science - 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