6th February 2026

2026-2027 – The world's first trillionaire

During this period, Elon Musk's net worth accelerates toward the $1 trillion mark. Earlier forecasts from the mid-2010s had placed this milestone much later, but rapid asset repricing and AI-driven growth are now pulling it forward by over a decade.

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17th January 2026

2030 – The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider enters operation

[Updated with latest known information and moved from 2026 to 2030.]

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5th January 2026

2026 – Hydrogen-based steelmaking reaches industrial scale

This year, steelmaking takes a major step toward decarbonisation, as the first industrial-scale hydrogen-powered plants enter operation and begin reducing the reliance on coal.

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3rd January 2026

2036 – Contact with the Voyager probes is lost

[Moved from an earlier range of 2025–2028 to the more specific year 2036, based on NASA's updated estimate. As of 2026, the scientific measurements are winding down, as instruments are shut off to conserve power, but the probes' engineering and telemetry data are expected to continue transmitting well into the 2030s. See the updated reference for details.]

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3rd January 2026

2026 – Europe's first successful vertical rocket launch into space

[Moved from 2025 to 2026.]

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2nd January 2026

2027 – Direct flights from Sydney to London and New York

[Moved from 2025 to 2027.]

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31st December 2025

2200-2225 – Humanity begins travelling between the stars

The first quarter of the 23rd century is marked by humanity's transition from interstellar probes to the earliest crewed journeys beyond the Solar System, driven by breakthroughs in antimatter propulsion.

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