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Every year, popular technology company Google highlights the most searched words and terms during the year. This year, Google’s 2024 “Breakthrough Search of the Year” Emotional YouTube videos Released earlier this month. In just four minutes, the film montage takes us through the most searched stories of 2024, from viral trends to the biggest sports moments of the year and even major space events.
This year, there were three space-related events in Google #YearInSearch history: Incredible Northern Lights show, Egg laying in May After a powerful solar storm, the total eclipse That Sweeping North America on April 8and SpaceX’s epic starship test flights, including Amazing capture of the world’s largest rocket October.
At the beginning of this year, among Google’s annual breakthrough searches, the most popular space search term was “Starship.” Search volume for Starship peaked in March 2024, coinciding with SpaceX launches third large interstellar spacecraft vehicles and super-heavy boosters. On that flight, Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy booster and reached orbital speed for the first time.
Next up is “solar eclipse,” the word in Total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024known as the “Great North American Solar Eclipse.”Yingshi So far, it’s brought as much awe and excitement to all of America as its 2017 predecessor.
Last but not least, the third space word that appears in Google’s breakthrough search terms is “Aurora.” Aurora craze started in Mid-May Mother’s Day Weekendwhen the G5 geomagnetic storm reaches the highest level on earth space weather level The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is used to classify them. This powerful geomagnetic storm, now known as the Gannon Storm, created a stunning show in the night sky across much of the world and the United States.
If we can take something away from the most searched-for moments of 2024, it’s that the wonder and magnificence of space continues to capture our attention, and this is just the beginning.