Future Timeline | Latest Predictions

Latest predictions »

View all

Predictions

Blogs

Features

View all

Predictions

Blogs

Features

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.]

3rd January 2026

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

[Moved from 2025 to 2026.]

2nd January 2026

2027 – Direct flights from Sydney to London and New York

[Moved from 2025 to 2027.]

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.

23rd December 2025

2175 – Interstellar probes are now a routine part of scientific exploration

By the 2170s, antimatter is no longer just a catalyst in hybrid engines; it now powers the main propulsion stages of many space probes, enabling routine exploration of neighbouring star systems.

7th December 2025

2130 – Antimatter triggers a new era of space exploration

Industrial-scale, gram-level antimatter production is now enabling a revolution in hybrid space propulsion, as well as unlocking new capabilities in defence, energy transport, and high-energy research.

17th November 2025

2028 – 1.4 nm nodes begin mass production

[Updated with latest known info, and new references. The prediction year of 2028 remains unchanged.]

5th November 2025

2037 – Launch of the European Athena X-ray observatory

[Updated and moved from 2028 to 2037.]

29th October 2025

2032 – Completion of the Australia-Asia Power Link

[Updated and moved from 2027 to 2032, based on current project schedule.]

23rd October 2025

2032 – Opening of Poland's Central Communication Port

[Updated and moved from 2027 to 2032, based on current project schedule.]

22nd October 2025

2052 – Bionic eyes are perfected

[Updated and moved from 2048 to 2052, based on latest available data.]

9th October 2025

2026 – Grand Theft Auto VI is launched

[Moved from 2025 to 2026, based on current release date.]

1st October 2025

2058 – ESA lands a probe on Enceladus

In 2058, a European probe achieves the first landing on Enceladus, directly sampling material from its icy crust and providing the strongest evidence yet of a habitable ocean world.

18th September 2025

2090 – Bowel cancer is effectively eradicated in developed countries

By 2090, bowel cancer has been effectively eradicated in developed countries, with mortality rates falling below 0.01 per 100,000. Once a leading killer, it now survives only as a clinical anomaly – swiftly and routinely cured.

16th September 2025

2063 – Bowel cancer mortality falls below 1 per 100,000

By 2063, the age-standardised mortality rate for bowel cancer in high-income nations has dropped below 1 per 100,000, marking its near-elimination thanks to earlier detection, personalised prevention, and precision therapies.

9th September 2025

2031 – Completion of the Stad Ship Tunnel

[Updated and moved from 2026 to 2031, based on latest available information.]

8th September 2025

2033 – High-speed rail begins in California

[Updated and moved from 2030 to 2033, based on latest available information.]

30th August 2025

2083 – Brain cancer is effectively eliminated in developed countries

By 2083, breakthroughs in nanomedicine, immunotherapy, and AGI-driven research have reduced cancers of the brain and nervous system to fewer than 0.01 deaths per 100,000, marking their effective eradication in developed countries.

16th August 2025

2067 – Lung cancer is effectively eliminated in developed countries

By 2067, lung cancer mortality in developed nations has fallen below 0.01 per 100,000, marking its effective elimination as a public health threat.

14th August 2025

2052 – Lung cancer mortality falls below 1 per 100,000

By 2052, lung cancer mortality in high-income nations has fallen below 1 per 100,000, marking a historic milestone in prevention, early detection, and treatment.

28th July 2025

2078 – Kidney cancer is exceptionally rare and routinely curable

Advanced diagnostics, immunotherapy, nanotechnology, and AI-driven breakthroughs have made kidney cancer mortality virtually non-existent in the developed world by 2078.

27th July 2025

2040 – Kidney cancer mortality falls below 1 per 100,000

[Update of an older prediction, now based on a 15-country dataset with Gompertz modelling to forecast mortality trends.]

9th July 2025

2050 – The Amazon rainforest has lost 30% of its original tree cover

[Update of an older prediction, now based on a more realistic scenario, combining three models and latest available data.]

29th June 2025

2038 – The Arctic Ocean is becoming ice-free during summer

A 'blue ocean event' is unfolding in the Arctic, with sea ice extent below one million km² for the first time in recorded history. This ominous milestone is the clearest sign yet that Earth's climate has entered a new and more dangerous phase.

« Previous