trending stories of the year. number nine. a friend who nearly broke the internet. jennifer aniston joined instagram and the internet just couldn t handle it. her first post actually managed to crash her page. her first photo, an epic friends reunion selfie and the caption, and now we re instagram friends, too. it became one of the most popular photos of the year with more than 15 million likes. number eight. and now, to even more instagram royalty. the young son of the duke and duchess of sussex, archie harrison, whose birth, gender, and name were all announced on the social media platform. the family regularly posts pictures of their son to the instagram page before they are seen anywhere else. just another way the modern royals are shaking up the monarchy. number seven, winter came and fans were not happy. it was one of the most eagerly-anticipated final seasons ever. and the most tweeted about show of all of 2019. and while viewers were split on the ending of game of thrones
a huge breakthrough for humanity. the first photo of a black hole. black holes are the most mysterious objects in the universe. they re cloaked by an event horizon where their gravity prevents even light from escaping. 55 million light years away in a galaxy called m-87. in this galaxy, another black hole photo went viral the moment researcher katie bowman processed the first image showing the massive phenomenon. to see it, scientists in multiple countries around the world linked local telescopes to create this virtual observatory. predictably, twitter couldn t escape the doughnut memes. four, in paris, a catastrophic fire shocked the world. the world famous notre dame cathedral is on fire. millions watched as flames engulfed notre dame. the iconic 856-year-old cathedral. we heard the tower fall. people screamed. it s so sad. what went through my mind was
planet, socialed me ra remains a powerful advocate. here are our top nine trending stories of the year. number nine a friend who nearly broke the internet. jennifer aniston joined instagram and the internet couldn t handle it. her first pose managed to crash her page. her first photo, an epic friends reunion selfie and the caption, now we re instagram friends, too. one of the most popular instagram photos of the year with more than 15 million likes. number eight and to more instagram royalty. the duke and duchess of sussex, his birth, gender and name were all announced on the social media platform. just another way these modern royals are shaking up the monarchy. number seven, winter came, and fans were not happy.
mountain where there is only one-third of the oxygen found at sea level. number five, a scientific event of intergalactic magnitude. the first photo of a black hole. the black scholes are the most miss theerrious object in the universe. it prevents light from escaping. located 55 million light years away in a galaxy m-87. another black hole voter the moment dait katie bowman showed the massive phenomenon. to see it, scientists in multiple companies around the world linked local telescopes to create this virtual observatory. predictably. twitter couldn t ska ep the donut memes. four, a catastrophic fire shocked the world. the historic notre dame cathedral is engulfed in fire. the iconic 856-year-old
from the u.s. women s soccer team demanding equal pay to the teenager feiging to save the planet, social media remained the powerful weapon for change in 2019 and here are the top nine trending stories of the year. number nine, a friend who nearly broke the internet. jennifer aniston joined instagram. her first post managed to crash her page. her first photo, an epic friends reunion selfie and now we re instagram friends, too. it became one of the most popular photos of the year with more than 15 million likes. number eight, now to even more instagram royalty. the young son of the duke and duchess of sussex whose birth gender and name all announced on the social media platform. the family regularly posts pictures of their son to their page before they re seen anywhere else, just another way the modern royals are shaking up