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The Penguin and the compact elliptical galaxy the Egg

Space

The best space images from 2024

This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb Space Telescope’s stunning shots of faraway stars and galaxies to images of the skies taken from here on planet Earth

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Environment

The most encouraging climate solutions and green technologies of 2024

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The best and weirdest photos of robots from 2024

Technology

The best and weirdest photos of robots from 2024

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Technology

Liquid metal particles can self-assemble into electronics

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Elon Musk speaks at a campaign rally in October 2024

Technology

From Tesla to Trump, Elon Musk had a very busy 2024

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A worker spraying chlorine in Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in August 2024

Health

Mpox became a global health emergency for the second time in 2024

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A fluffy longhorn beetle

Life

A festival of stunning animal pictures from 2024

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https://x.com/alfrekjv/status/1789814301613588543 Sinaloa, Mexico, 2024

Space

Dazzling auroras lit up the skies in 2024 and we may see more in 2025

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MILTON, ON - APRIL 13: Professor Tim Patterson of Carleton University transports a frozen core sample at Crawford Lake on April 13, 2023 in Milton, Ontario. Patterson is a member of the Anthropocene Working Group and has been conducting research based on frozen core samples from the lake. He is among a group of scientists who think we have entered a new geological epoch. (Photo by Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Earth

The Anthropocene was officially spurned in 2024, but the idea lives on

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Noland Arbaugh by John Francis Peters, 2024

Technology

Elon Musk's brain-implant firm Neuralink did its first tests in 2024

Neuralink’s first two human trials grabbed headlines this year, but it still isn’t clear how the firm’s technology compares with other brain-computer interfaces

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Environment

Climate chaos accelerated in 2024 as we hit 1.5°C for the first time

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Health

2024 saw the first living people to receive pig kidney transplants

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Space

Space was for sale in 2024 as private missions led by Elon Musk boomed

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Health

Bird flu suddenly got serious in 2024, infecting dozens of people

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