2025 is poised to be a landmark year for scientific advancements, featuring the 'first light' from the world's largest sky survey observatory and a significant tipping point in renewable energy production. The new observatory, equipped with a 3,200-megapixel camera, will map billions of galaxies and stars, aiming to unravel the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter. Concurrently, falling hardware costs and increased solar capacity have propelled renewables past coal, shifting focus to storage and grid modernization.