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A weather station near Qeshm International Airport in Dayrestan, Iran, records the highest unverified heat index on Earth of 82.2 °C (180.0 °F) and the highest dew point of 36.1 °C (97.0 °F). Climatologists will investigate to confirm the readings' accuracy.
The Earth will be hit by a tiny asteroid today, ... time that we have spotted an asteroid before it hit the Earth. It has been given the name 2024 RW1. It had previously been referred to as ...
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 584 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in ...
A study of 25 crowdsourced ideas aimed at reducing political polarisation in the United States is published in the journal Science. [450] Scientists build the world's smallest quantum computer using a single photon. [451] [452] 19 October – Researchers develop a plant-based food supplement to protect bees' brains from neurotoxins. [453] 23 ...
2024 South American wildfires. 2024 Peru wildfires. Out of control and deadly wildfires in Peru have reached at least seven archaeological sites and have begun to burn near the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community. A military helicopter carrying international peacekeepers crashes near Mogadishu, Somalia.
The planet, named TOI-715 b, is around 1 1/2 times the width of our Earth and is orbiting in a habitable zone around its parent star. Researchers discover super-Earth with a 19-day year Skip to ...
The most recent one was 640,000 years ago. It’s known as a super-eruption because it released an estimated 250 cubic miles of material – 1,000 times larger than the Mount St. Helens eruption ...
The ring was first formally proposed after 21 impact craters from the meteor event were found to be located along a straight band around the Earth's equator. [10] [11] Andrew G. Tomkins, [9] Erin L. Martin [9] and Peter A. Cawood, [9] working with Monash University, released a study in September 2024 that gave evidence on the existence of the ...