2024 in science

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The following scientific events occurred or are scheduled to occur in 2024.

Events[edit]

January[edit]

19 January: Japan becomes the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon.

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

Predicted and scheduled events[edit]

Astronomical events[edit]

  • Close approach of asteroid 2020 BX12 to Earth
  • Potential collision of lost asteroid 2007 FT3 with Earth

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  36. ^ "Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed". Washington State University. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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  43. ^ "New search finds 85 exoplanet candidates – as cool as planets in our own Solar System". University of Warwick. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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  45. ^ "Capturing the ripples of spacetime: LISA gets go-ahead". ESA. 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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  49. ^ "Discovery Alert: A 'Super-Earth' in the Habitable Zone". NASA. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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  83. ^ "Brown researchers develop brain-inspired wireless system to gather data from salt-sized sensors". Brown University. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  84. ^ "Scientists say they can cut HIV out of cells". BBC News. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  85. ^ "Astronomers Unveil Strong Magnetic Fields Spiraling at the Edge of Milky Way's Central Black Hole". Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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  88. ^ "NASA Selects Companies to Advance Moon Mobility for Artemis Missions". NASA. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
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