science predictions for 2018 | Future timeline
Read science predictions for 2018, a year that will see the world transform thanks to scientific disruptions that will impact a wide range of sectors—and we explore many of them below. It’s your future, discover what you’re in for.
Quantumrun Foresight prepared this list; A futurist consulting firm that uses strategic foresight to help companies thrive from future trends. This is just one of many possible futures society may experience.
science forecasts for 2018
- Upsurge in big earthquakes forecasted. 1
- Scientists drill into Earth's mantle. 1
- SpaceX's giant Falcon Heavy rocket will make its first launch in Jan/Feb. 1
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will launch in July/August with the aim of scraping past the Sun to study solar winds. 1
- The Juno spacecraft will collide with Jupiter on February 20. 1
- NASA's InSight probe to land on Mars with a mission to study the early geological processes that shaped the Red Planet 1
- China lands its Chang'e-4 lander on the dark side of the moon 1
- NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft,TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), will launch in March/April 1
Forecast
In 2018, a number of science breakthroughs and trends will become available to the public, for example:
- SpaceX's giant Falcon Heavy rocket will make its first launch in Jan/Feb. 1
- NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will launch in July/August with the aim of scraping past the Sun to study solar winds. 1
- The Juno spacecraft will collide with Jupiter on February 20. 1
- NASA's InSight probe to land on Mars with a mission to study the early geological processes that shaped the Red Planet 1
- China lands its Chang'e-4 lander on the dark side of the moon 1
- NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft,TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite), will launch in March/April 1
Prediction
Science related predictions due to make an impact in 2018 include:
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