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2024 news preview

Look ahead to discover the biggest science and technology news stories that will be happening this year with 51¶¯Âþ’s 2024 preview
HC Gilje

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Celebrating dark skies at a festival in deepest Denmark

At a novel sci-art festival celebrating the many cultural and scientific needs for dark skies in a time of serious light pollution, Alex Wilkins looks for hope

Culture

Alastair Reynolds, British sci-fi author

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The best new science fiction books of January 2024

Culture

Hera, her CubeSats, and their rocky target

Space

In 2024 the Hera mission will revisit the asteroid punched by NASA

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Get ready to see a total solar eclipse in 2024 – here's how

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Technology

Encryption upgrade in 2024 will keep data safe from quantum computers

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Environment

2024 could finally see greenhouse gas emissions start to decline

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The Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany where the exascale supercomputer JUPITER will be hosted

Technology

Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2024

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KRAKOW, POLAND - 2023/09/12: In this photo illustration a Stability.Ai logo displayed on a smartphone with programing code on the background. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Technology

AI firms will face copyright infringement lawsuits in 2024

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Europa Clipper Reaction Wheel installations Requester: Gretchen Mccartney Photographer: Gregory M. Waigand Date: 2022-10-14 Photolab order: 106955-11.00.00.A04

Space

Europa Clipper will launch to Jupiter in 2024 to explore its icy moon

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Illustration of Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lunar lander

Space

International fleet of spacecraft is heading to the moon in 2024

More than 10 missions are heading to the moon in 2024, with orbiters, landers, rovers and even crewed spacecraft making the trip and paving the way for future exploration

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Health

Premature babies could be treated with an artificial uterus in 2024

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Environment

2024 will break the extreme temperature records set in 2023

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Space

Vera C. Rubin Observatory will start scanning the night sky in 2024

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Environment

Will 2024 see the world finally turning away from fossil fuels?

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