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Merry Christmas and a happy 2026!
From the staff and contributors at Future Timeline.
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From the staff and contributors at Future Timeline.
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Merry Christmas and a happy 2026!
From the staff and contributors at Future Timeline.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Merry Christmas and a happy 2026!
From the staff and contributors at Future Timeline.
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12...
From the staff and contributors at Future Timeline.
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12...
Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers
As number of lunar satellites soars, sites will be marked out where defunct hardware can be crash-landed
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Patches of the moon to become spacecraft graveyards, say researchers www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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2175 – Interstellar probes are now a routine part of scientific exploration
Read more, and see our interactive 3D star map!
www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcentury/...
Read more, and see our interactive 3D star map!
www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcentury/...
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
2175 – Interstellar probes are now a routine part of scientific exploration
Read more, and see our interactive 3D star map!
www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcentury/...
Read more, and see our interactive 3D star map!
www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcentury/...
2175 – Interstellar probes are now a routine part of scientific exploration
Read more, and see our interactive 3D star map!
www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcentury/...
Read more, and see our interactive 3D star map!
www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcentury/...
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
2175 – Interstellar probes are now a routine part of scientific exploration
Read more, and see our interactive 3D star map!
www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcentury/...
Read more, and see our interactive 3D star map!
www.futuretimeline.net/22ndcentury/...
"The Trump administration has said it is immediately pausing all leases for offshore wind farms already under construction, in the heaviest blow yet to an industry that the administration has relentlessly targeted throughout the year." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump officials halt offshore wind-farm projects over ‘national security risks’
Interior department move affects five projects under construction in latest blow to industry targeted by Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"The Trump administration has said it is immediately pausing all leases for offshore wind farms already under construction, in the heaviest blow yet to an industry that the administration has relentlessly targeted throughout the year." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
World’s largest grid battery has been completed – in the oil capital of the world reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large... #batteries #energy #storage
reneweconomy.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
World’s largest grid battery has been completed – in the oil capital of the world reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large... #batteries #energy #storage
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Day 21 of #ArtAdventCallendar.
Here's an animation of an orbital ring. It surrounds the Earth in a continuous loop and could serve as a platform to launch vehicles from low-Earth orbit.
Read alt-text for more details.
Made with #Blender
#sciart #scifi
Here's an animation of an orbital ring. It surrounds the Earth in a continuous loop and could serve as a platform to launch vehicles from low-Earth orbit.
Read alt-text for more details.
Made with #Blender
#sciart #scifi
December 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Day 21 of #ArtAdventCallendar.
Here's an animation of an orbital ring. It surrounds the Earth in a continuous loop and could serve as a platform to launch vehicles from low-Earth orbit.
Read alt-text for more details.
Made with #Blender
#sciart #scifi
Here's an animation of an orbital ring. It surrounds the Earth in a continuous loop and could serve as a platform to launch vehicles from low-Earth orbit.
Read alt-text for more details.
Made with #Blender
#sciart #scifi
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Science in 2026: the events to watch for in the coming year
The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the developments set to shape research in 2026.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the developments set to shape research in 2026.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Science in 2026: the events to watch for in the coming year
The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the developments set to shape research in 2026.
www.nature.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Science in 2026: the events to watch for in the coming year
The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the developments set to shape research in 2026.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the developments set to shape research in 2026.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Blue Origin: Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Flying cars take off in China as state backs low-altitude air travel www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBp9...
Flying cars take off in China as state backs low-altitude air travel
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Flying cars take off in China as state backs low-altitude air travel www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBp9...
Perseverance can continue to operate on Mars until at least 2031 astrobiology.com/2025/12/pers...
Perseverance Can Continue To Operate On Mars Until At Least 2031 - Astrobiology
The rover has been acing a long-term series of durability tests, making the most of its enhanced navigation capabilities, and ferreting out new findings about Mars’ geologic past.
astrobiology.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Perseverance can continue to operate on Mars until at least 2031 astrobiology.com/2025/12/pers...
Astronomers have reported the discovery of a bizarre, pulsar-orbiting exoplanet with a lemon-like shape 🍋
"... an entirely new class of exoplanet whose atmospheric composition challenges our understanding of how it formed." ⬇️
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #exoplanet #exoplanets #astronomy
"... an entirely new class of exoplanet whose atmospheric composition challenges our understanding of how it formed." ⬇️
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #exoplanet #exoplanets #astronomy
Lemon-shaped planet found by Webb telescope
Scientists using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope report the discovery of an exoplanet with an atmospheric composition unlike any previously observed. The Jupiter-mass object, PSR J2322-2650b, orbits...
www.futuretimeline.net
December 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Astronomers have reported the discovery of a bizarre, pulsar-orbiting exoplanet with a lemon-like shape 🍋
"... an entirely new class of exoplanet whose atmospheric composition challenges our understanding of how it formed." ⬇️
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #exoplanet #exoplanets #astronomy
"... an entirely new class of exoplanet whose atmospheric composition challenges our understanding of how it formed." ⬇️
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #exoplanet #exoplanets #astronomy
AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor
Andrew Bailey says workers need to be trained to move into jobs that use AI, but adds it might not lead to mass unemployment.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
AI likely to displace jobs, says Bank of England governor www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New record for smallest fully autonomous robot
⏩ "Assuming the current rate of shrinkage continues, fully autonomous machines comparable in size to red blood cells may be achievable in the 2040s or sooner." 🔬 www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #nanotech #nanotechnology #automation #robots
⏩ "Assuming the current rate of shrinkage continues, fully autonomous machines comparable in size to red blood cells may be achievable in the 2040s or sooner." 🔬 www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #nanotech #nanotechnology #automation #robots
New record for smallest fully autonomous robot
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots, measuring just 200 x 300 x 50 micrometres.
www.futuretimeline.net
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New record for smallest fully autonomous robot
⏩ "Assuming the current rate of shrinkage continues, fully autonomous machines comparable in size to red blood cells may be achievable in the 2040s or sooner." 🔬 www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #nanotech #nanotechnology #automation #robots
⏩ "Assuming the current rate of shrinkage continues, fully autonomous machines comparable in size to red blood cells may be achievable in the 2040s or sooner." 🔬 www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #nanotech #nanotechnology #automation #robots
Green light for wind farm to power one million homes
"RWE said the wind farm would generate in excess of 300MW."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wind #windpower #windenergy #renewables
"RWE said the wind farm would generate in excess of 300MW."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wind #windpower #windenergy #renewables
Green light for offshore wind farm to power 1m homes
The government has given permission for up to 79 turbines off the coast of Essex and Suffolk.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Green light for wind farm to power one million homes
"RWE said the wind farm would generate in excess of 300MW."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wind #windpower #windenergy #renewables
"RWE said the wind farm would generate in excess of 300MW."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #wind #windpower #windenergy #renewables
The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete
“We’re going to be making 3D movies of what is going on in the Milky Way galaxy.”…
arstechnica.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...
Russian border guards crossed into Estonia with unclear motives, minister says news.err.ee/1609888417/r...
Russian border guards crossed into Estonia with unclear motives, minister says
Three Russian border guards crossed the Estonian-Russian border in eastern Estonia on Wednesday morning without permission, the minister of the interior said. The reason is unknown but there is no thr...
news.err.ee
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Russian border guards crossed into Estonia with unclear motives, minister says news.err.ee/1609888417/r...
"The existence of this prototype, reported by Reuters for the first time, suggests China may be years closer to achieving semiconductor independence than analysts anticipated." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built a prototype of a machine capable of producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and...
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"The existence of this prototype, reported by Reuters for the first time, suggests China may be years closer to achieving semiconductor independence than analysts anticipated." www.reuters.com/world/china/...
What is driving this trend?
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
What is driving this trend?
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Good morning with good news: US energy storage installations jumped 31% to 5.3 GW in Q3 2025, compared to 2024.
Residential storage surged 70% in Q3 2025, rising for 6 quarters.
Woodmac raises too its 5-year utility-scale storage forecast by 15% to 93 GW!
cleanpower.org/news/us-ener... #energysky
Residential storage surged 70% in Q3 2025, rising for 6 quarters.
Woodmac raises too its 5-year utility-scale storage forecast by 15% to 93 GW!
cleanpower.org/news/us-ener... #energysky
REPORT: US Energy Storage Installations Through Q3 2025 Surpass 2024 Totals | ACP
Utility-scale five-year forecast increases 15% compared to H1 2025 5.3 GW installed in Q3, 31% YOY growth Utility-scale leads with 4.6 GW, 27% YOY growth WASHINGTON, D.C., December 16, 2025 […]
cleanpower.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Good morning with good news: US energy storage installations jumped 31% to 5.3 GW in Q3 2025, compared to 2024.
Residential storage surged 70% in Q3 2025, rising for 6 quarters.
Woodmac raises too its 5-year utility-scale storage forecast by 15% to 93 GW!
cleanpower.org/news/us-ener... #energysky
Residential storage surged 70% in Q3 2025, rising for 6 quarters.
Woodmac raises too its 5-year utility-scale storage forecast by 15% to 93 GW!
cleanpower.org/news/us-ener... #energysky
EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #EV #EVs #electriccars #EU
EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035
Carmakers, particularly in Germany, have lobbied heavily for concessions to the planned rules.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
EU waters down plans to end new petrol and diesel car sales by 2035 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #EV #EVs #electriccars #EU
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Expect the government to use this as an excuse to raise the retirement age even higher.
"...the authors found that in a world where all other hallmarks of aging were cured, the median human lifespan would be around 134 to 170 years. The absolute upper limit is likely somewhere between 210 and 730 years."
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #aging #ageing #longevity
www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2025/12... #aging #ageing #longevity
Somatic mutations may set a hard limit on human longevity
New research suggests that even if we cured almost every aspect of aging, humans might still struggle to live beyond about 150 years, due to the slow and unavoidable accumulation of random DNA errors ...
www.futuretimeline.net
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Expect the government to use this as an excuse to raise the retirement age even higher.
Stanford AI experts predict what will happen in 2026 hai.stanford.edu/news/stanfor... #AI #2026predictions
Stanford AI Experts Predict What Will Happen in 2026 | Stanford HAI
The era of AI evangelism is giving way to evaluation. Stanford faculty see a coming year defined by rigor, transparency, and a long-overdue focus on actual utility over speculative promise.
hai.stanford.edu
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Stanford AI experts predict what will happen in 2026 hai.stanford.edu/news/stanfor... #AI #2026predictions