Anthropocene Timeline: A concise, sourced timeline of key ecological and Anthropocene-related events, from past to present.

In 2024, astronomers detected a rocky exoplanet, GJ 3378b, orbiting a red dwarf sun just 25 light-years from Earth in the direction of the northern constellation Camelopardalis. Based on radial velocity measurements, the discovery team estimated that this planet is 2.3 times as massive as Earth – making it a “Super Earth.” Thanks to revised…

Back to Article List The ringed planet’s largest — and brightest — moon lingers near its parent world early this morning, easy to view in any scope. Bright Titan is now close to Saturn, passing south of the planet early on July 12. In this image, north is up and east is left. It shows…

The China National Space Administration’s asteroid probe Tianwen-2 successfully reached the asteroid Kamo’oalewa, which orbits the Sun in a path nearly identical to Earth’s. After undergoing multiple orbital adjustments in deep space, it first detected Kamo’oalewa on June 6, 2026. On July 2, it successfully captured the first-ever images of Kamo’oalewa from a distance of…

Astronomers have, for the first time, observed the birth of a magnetar, an extremely magnetic, rapidly spinning type of neutron star. The breakthrough confirms that these exotic objects can power some of the brightest stellar explosions ever seen. The discovery also validates a theory first proposed 16 years ago by a UC Berkeley physicist and…

Scientists unveil AI that creates never-before-seen molecules to speed up drug discovery – Futura-Sciences July 10, 2026 3 min See also

The Nobel Prizes are arguably the world’s most prestigious recognition anyone can receive for their work in the sciences, medicine, literature, or for world peace. For most winners, getting the call to tell them they won marks the high point of their lives. Note that I said most. Not all are so joyful. Some just don’t…