Top 10 scientific breakthroughs in 2023: From finding six new worlds to knowing TRex had lips

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Chandrayaan-3 lander module successfully landed on the moon’s South Pole, making it the first country to have achieved the historic feat. Here's a look at other top 10 breakthrough moments in scientific discoveries and inventions: 1. Can humans reproduce in space? In a first, researchers successfully grew mouse embryos aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

Japan researchers said in October 2023 that mouse embryos were grown on the ISS and "developed normally in the first study indicating it could be possible for humans to reproduce in space". 2. The mice with two dads: In a significant milestone in reproductive biology, scientists created mice with two biologically male parents for the first time.

This study "opens the possibility of bipaternal reproduction", the study said. Simply put, the research raised the possibility that someday same-sex couples may be able to have a baby who shares both parents’ genes, CNN reported. 3. Celestial milestone: Scientists discovered six new worlds.

With six exoplanets — HD 36384 b, TOI-198 b, TOI-2095 b, TOI-2095 c, TOI-4860 b, and MWC 758 c — scientists tipped the scales and surpassed 5,500 exoplanets found. To be exact, there are now 5,502 known exoplanets. 4. Faint hum of gravitational waves: Scientists detected low-frequency gravitational waves echoing throughout the universe for the first time.

These waves are created when huge objects in the universe move around and collide in space. They stretch and compress space-time as they travel through space, a Reuters report explained. 5. A mind-reading device? According to a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, a model trained on functional magnetic resonance imaging scans of three volunteers was able to predict whole