So, along with everything else that happened in 2017, astrophysics had a discovery so big (neutron star merger-associated gravitational waves) that roughly 1/3 of living, active astrophysicists were listed as co-authors on the official paper.
In addition, gene editing/biomed engineering continues to make revolutionary discoveries monthly.
Science marches on. And 2018 won't be an exception.
@JWilliams Good to know. Is the “official paper” (or a solid abstract) available to read online?
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@Shay The paper itself shortened the author list by listing a bunch of institutions. But it's available here: https://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.161101