2024 in science
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The following scientific events occurred or are scheduled to occur in 2024.
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 2 January – The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) publishes its JRA-55 dataset, confirming 2023 as the warmest year on record globally, at 1.43 °C (2.57 °F) above the 1850–1900 baseline. This is 0.14 °C (0.25 °F) above the previous record set in 2016.[1][full citation needed]
- 3 January – The first functional semiconductor made from graphene is created at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[2]
- 5 January – Scientists report that newborn galaxies in the very early universe were "banana"-shaped, much to the surprise of researchers.[3][4][5]
Predicted and scheduled events[edit]
- Upcoming astronomical and space events for 2024 according to The New York Times.[6]
- Expected system first light of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory[7] and launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar.[8]
- Science-related budgets
Astronomical events[edit]
- Close approach of asteroid 2020 BX12 to Earth
- Potential collision of lost asteroid 2007 FT3 with Earth
See also[edit]
- Category:Science events
- Category:Science timelines
- List of emerging technologies
- List of years in science
References[edit]
- ^ "Global temperatures". Climatlas. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ "Researchers create first functional semiconductor made from graphene". EurekAlert!. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
- ^ Overbye, Dennis (5 January 2024). "The Early Universe Was Bananas - Images from the Webb telescope suggest that newborn galaxies look weirder than expected. Exactly how screwy was physics at the dawn of time?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ Pandya, Viraj; et al. (2023). "Galaxies Going Bananas: Inferring the 3D Geometry of High-Redshift Galaxies with JWST-CEERS". arXiv. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Galaxies Going Bananas: Columbia Astronomy Research Featured in New York Times". 6 January 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ Staff (1 January 2024). "Sync Your Calendar With the Solar System - Never miss an eclipse, a meteor shower, a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space event that's out of this world". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ Skibba, Ramin. "A New 3,200-Megapixel Camera Has Astronomers Salivating". Wired. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "NASA-ISRO science instruments arrive in India ahead of 2024 launch". Jet Propulsion Laboratory via phys.org. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Biden backs science in his 2024 budget plan. But don't bank on those numbers". Science. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "U.S. debt deal clouds hopes of big increases for science agencies". Science. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
External links[edit]
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