-California Los Angeles Wildfire
February
-Kendrick Lamar performs at Superbowl LIX
March
-Earthquake in Myanmar
April
-Death of Pope Francis
May
-India Pakistan Military Escalation
June
-No Kings Protest
July
-Famine in Gaza declared
August
-Hurricane Erin hits North Carolina
September
-Student Led Protests in Nepal
October
-US Govt Shutdown longest in history
November
- Zohran gets elected major of NYC.
December
January 2025
• Early in the year, astronomy events built momentum for 2025 research (e.g., docking of Indian SpaDeX satellites on Jan 16, a historic satellite docking event). Wikipedia
February 2025
• S/2025 U 1 — a previously unknown small moon orbiting Uranus was identified in James Webb Space Telescope data taken on Feb 2 and announced later in the year. Wikipedia
• Continued advances in AI research and ML benchmarks were reported industry-wide (various AI systems and benchmarks trending, per AI news timelines). Wikipedia
March 2025
• Astronomers found new dynamic behavior around Sagittarius A (Milky Way’s central black hole) — “space tornado-like” structures reshaping understanding of galactic centers. Space
• In computing, milestones in quantum hardware and mathematical advances hinted at progress toward scalable quantum systems (though some remain prototypical). Interesting Engineering
(Note: some AI model releases and capabilities, such as Google’s Gemini 2.5, were also early-year phenomena.) blog.google
April 2025
• New exoplanet discoveries (e.g., BD+05 4868 Ab observed disintegrating due to close stellar orbit) highlighted continued progress in planetary science. Wikipedia
May 2025
• Mineral detector research for neutrinos and dark matter was showcased at MDνDM’25 (a major interdisciplinary workshop). arXiv
• Space exploration missions, including massive satellite launches and joint missions like NASA-ISRO dual-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), progressed (launch preparations/activities). Wikipedia
June 2025
• ESA’s Solar Orbiter provided the first view of the Sun’s south pole, a milestone in heliophysics. Wikipedia
• Chinese scientists demonstrated a parallel optical computing chip that performs 100 simultaneous operations — a major development toward light-based AI hardware. Wikipedia
• The Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first “first-light” images, revealing deep-sky features and asteroids, accelerating survey astronomy. Wikipedia
July 2025
• 3I/ATLAS, only the third known interstellar object (a cometary body passing through the solar system), was discovered on July 1; it became a major focus of both public and scientific attention. Wikipedia
• The International Year of Quantum Science and Technology was formally underway, with events and focused activities spanning the year. Wikipedia
August 2025
• James Webb Space Telescope teams announced the existence of the most distant known supermassive black hole (CAPERS-LRD-z9), pushing back our view of the early universe. Space
September 2025
• China launched its first internal asteroid sample-return mission (Tianwen 2) targeting a quasi-moon, a first for planetary science that could yield pristine materials. Space
October 2025
• Continued mathematics breakthroughs: proofs and solutions to longstanding conjectures (e.g., multiple pieces of the Langlands program, Kakeya-type problems), recognized in retrospectives of the year’s math discoveries. Scientific American
• 3I/ATLAS passed perihelion and continued crossing the solar system, prompting intensive observations. Wikipedia
November 2025
• The Genesis Mission, a major U.S. government effort to build an AI-driven scientific discovery platform using federal supercomputers and datasets, was launched by executive order, aimed at accelerating research across disciplines. Reuters
• Major generative AI models (e.g., Gemini 3 and derivatives) were rolled out, pushing capabilities in reasoning, multimodal understanding, and applications that directly accelerate research workflows. blog.google
December 2025
• Science magazine named the “Breakthrough of the Year” for 2025 — major advances in renewable energy, especially solar surpassing historic benchmarks in power generation — as a defining scientific development. Science
• Black hole research continued to produce record-breaking discoveries, including high-energy flares and extreme astrophysical phenomena. Space
Meta/Year-End Reflections
Across the year, themes emerged rather than isolated single months: quantum computing and quantum science gained diplomatic and scientific prominence, AI continued to transform research practices, space science (from telescopes to missions) produced landmark discoveries, and mathematics saw deep theoretical progress that reshaped foundational areas of study. smithsonianmag.com"
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