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NASA: Earth records hottest year ever in 2024

Arnold Pinto 13/01/2025 0

1.47°C warmer than mid-19th century NASA has confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record, with unprecedented global temperatures. According to an analysis by NASA scientists, Earth’s average surface temperature in 2024 was 1.28°C higher than the 20th-century baseline (1951-1980),

Space

NASA’s mission to provide X-ray images of Earth’s magnetosphere

Arnold Pinto 08/01/2025 0

As part of the Artemis programme NASA is set to provide the first-ever global images of Earth’s magnetic field, thanks to an innovative X-ray imager called LEXI (Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager). As part of the US space agency’s Artemis programme, the state-of-the-art instrument is heading to the Moon, where it will provide critical insights […]

Space

JUICE space probe to fly past Moon and Earth

Arnold Pinto 18/08/2024 0

Historic flybys on August 19-20, 2024 The European Space Agency’s (ESA) JUICE (JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer) space probe will undertake its first-ever double flyby of the Moon and Earth on August 19 and 20, 2024. This mission marks a world premiere as JUICE utilises the gravitational forces of these two celestial bodies to adjust its […]

Sustainability

Earth Overshoot Day 2024 came and went

Dan Ngiam 02/08/2024 0

August 1 was the crucial date Earth Overshoot Day, when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year, fell on August 1, 2024. According to calculations based on the National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts, managed by York University in Toronto under the governance of FoDaFo, this day marked a critical juncture in humanity’s environmental trajectory. […]