13 unsolved mysteries that still need answers in 2015 From a missing plane to a vast city hidden beneath Earth, 2014 left many stones unturned. Although we made many discoveries over the course of 12 months, some of them led to even more puzzling questions. Will 2015 be the year our search for answers comes to an end? Here are the mysteries the world will try to unravel in the new year. ________________________________________ MH370 What happened to the plane that vanished without a trace? A Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8.. After more than nine months, not a single piece of debris from MH370 has turned up. we still dont know what happened to the plane. ICELANDS VOLCANO Why is Bardarbunga still erupting? The eruption of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland began at the end of August and continues to this day. The volcano has been unique in three main ways: the enormity of its lava field, the amount of hazardous sulfur dioxide gases it has released and the astonishing amount of sinking that has taken place in its crater. ________________________________________ ADNANS STORY Is the man spending life in prison the real killer of Hae Min Lee? A 1999 murder case was resurrected and put under the microscope this year thanks to Serial, a nonfiction podcast that unravels a story week by week. Currently, Adnan Syed is serving a life sentence for murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee when they were in high school. When Serial host Sarah Koenig started investigating the case a year ago, the strange story surrounding the murder of the Baltimore high school student, a lot of things didnt add up. There were no eye-witnesses tying Syed, who has been trying to prove his innocence for years, to the crime, and Syeds attorney, Cristina Gutierrez, failed to interview a witness who said she was with him at the time Lee was killed. Ultimately, a Maryland appeals court will decide the mans fate. A hearing scheduled for January represents what Syeds lawyer, C. Justin Brown, said is the mans last best chance at freedom. SIBERIAN SINKHOLES What caused three deep holes in Russias north? A 115-foot hole was discovered in Siberias Yamal peninsula — a name that means end of the world in the language of the areas indigenous inhabitants — after an unexplained explosion in July. Two other mysterious sinkholes popped up in Russias north shortly after. SADDLE RIDGE GOLD Was the $10 million treasure actually from a 1901 heist? Buried for more than a century, 1,400 gold coins — worth an estimated $10 million — were unearthed in a California backyard in 2014. The middle-aged California couple who discovered the eight decaying tin cans full of gold remain anonymous. Where did the gold come from? CELEBRITY PHOTO HACK Who is behind the attack that exposed A-listers most private messages? Beginning in late August an anonymous 4chan user began posting hundreds of never-before-seen private photos of celebrities that were stolen from their hacked iCloud accounts. The victims were mostly female and high-profile: Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlet Johansson, Kim Kardashian, Kate Upton and McKayla Maroney are just a few women whose accounts were compromised. ALIEN MOON Did scientists really discover an exomoon for the first time? Scientists think they found the moon of an alien planet, which would be the first time weve ever seen an exomoon. The problem is that well never really know if thats what astronomers saw. BENEATH STONEHENGE What is the sprawling structure hidden under the world’s most famous standing stones? Unprecedented underground mapping technology revealed that Stonehenge did not always stand alone. Beneath the 5,000-year-old stone structure is an archeological treasure trove made up of thousands of monuments that include shrines, burial mounds, deep pits and other unexplained features. Stonehenge was previously thought to be a standalone, isolated structure, so this discovery has thrown researchers for a loop. . SONY HACK Was North Korea really behind the massive cyberattack on Sony? Sony is still reeling from a massive hack that exposed embarrassing company secrets and led the the cancellation of a movie release. The FBI blamed the hack on the North Korean government, saying the attack was in retaliation for The Interview, a Sony film starring James Franco and Seth Rogen that chronicles the assassination of Kim Jong-Un. However, not all security experts are convinced that the link to North Korea — specifically, the North Korean government — is accurate, especially in the absence of more concrete evidence. MEXICAN STUDENTS What happened to the 43 students who went missing? Nearly four dozen high school students disappeared in Mexico after police stopped them from traveling to a protest. The cops then reportedly handed over the students to a drug gang, who investigators say killed them. However, their bodies have never been found. Nearly 80 people have been arrested following the kidnapping, including a mayor, his wife and a local police chief. But without their bodies, the case remains unsolved. TWIN TWISTERS What caused the double tornadoes that struck Pilger, Nebraska? The beastly twin tornadoes that leveled the small town of Pilger, Nebraska in June, killing two and injuring nearly two dozen, were a horrifying, relatively rare phenomenon. Both of the twisters were rated at EF-4 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, with winds as high as 200 miles per hour. One of them went directly through Pilger, while its twin spun itself out to the east of the town. NIGERIAN GIRLS Where are the schoolgirls who Boko Haram kidnapped? Nearly 274 schoolgirls were kidnapped in April from the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria, by a radical Islamic group called Boko Haram. In early May, the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls began to spread on Twitter, raising the worlds awareness of the mass abduction. By years end, a majority of the girls remain missing. ________________________________________ STEALTHY SUBMARINE Did the submarine spotted near Sweden come from Russia? Swedens top general recently said the nations territory was unacceptably violated in October, but he couldnt say by whom. The Swedish military found traces of a mysterious submarine lurking in the water near the nations capital, Stockholm, and many officials pointed the finger at Russia. But after a days-long search operation around the Stockholm Archipelagos 30,000 islands, Swedish officials called off the hunt. They said the submarine was foreign, but its country of origin remains unclear.
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