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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

Comment

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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Space

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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MMX mission

Space

Japan is sending a rover to Mars's moon Phobos in 2024

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https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15112 Typical activity and appearance of a developmentally equivalent (107 day gestation) lamb fetus to a 23 ? 25 week gestation human infant during a run (day 5). SCREENGRAB - Supplementary Movie 1

Health

Premature babies could be treated with an artificial uterus in 2024

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The ruins of San Roque church in Villanueva, normally submerged partially in the waters of the Ebro reservoir, in the northern province of Cantabria, are now visible entirely on solid ground due to the ongoing drought that has caused the reservoir to be at 32.72% of its capacity, on August 8, 2023. The Iberian Peninsula is bearing the brunt of climate change in Europe, witnessing increasingly intense heatwaves, droughts and wildfires. The Spanish met office (AEMET) issued maximum red alerts for parts of Andalusia in the south, the Madrid region in the centre and the Basque Country in the far north. (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP) (Photo by ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

2024 will break the extreme temperature records set in 2023

The elements that conspired to make 2023 so unusually warm are likely to push the dial even further in 2024, with meteorologists already warning about extreme heat

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Space

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

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Space

International fleet of spacecraft is heading to the moon in 2024

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Technology

AI firms will face copyright infringement lawsuits in 2024

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Space

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

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