JAKARTA - Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, recently revealed that life on Earth will one day be destroyed by the ever-evolving sunlight. Now, scientists have confirmed the exact time the event could occur.

Researchers from NASA and the University of Threwhop in Japan are using state-of-the-art supercomputers and mathematical models to predict the long-term evolution of the Sun, and the results suggest that life on Earth will become impossible in the year 1,000,002,021.

Researchers from NASA and the University of Threw used more than 400,000 simulations to predict the impact of changing the temperature of the Sun on Earth. They found that the brighter and hotter Sun would cause global temperatures to rise, ultimately reducing oxygen levels in Earth's atmosphere.

With the increasing temperature, life on Earth will be increasingly threatened. This process will result in the loss of most oxygen-producing organisms, which lead to a very drastic drop in oxygen levels. Over time, only microorganisms that can survive without oxygen (anaerobics) will persist.

Scientists also predict that within about five billion years, the Sun will enter the red giant phase. In this phase, the Sun will run out of hydrogen fuel supplying its energy, and as a result, it will expand dramatically. This process is expected to make the Sun swallow the inner planets of our solar system, such as Mercury, Venus, and possibly also Earth.

Although this event is still very far in the future, scientists and Elon Musk believe that we should start thinking about the future of mankind. Musk, who has long pushed for Mars' colonization efforts, argues that Mars could be a "life insurance" for mankind if Earth is no longer habitable.

Musk has long pushed for ambition to make Mars a habitable place, with the aim that humanity does not depend solely on Earth. In a recent interview, Musk asserted, "Mars is life insurance for life collectively. The sun continues to grow, and we must become a multi-planetary civilization, because Earth will eventually burn."

In this context, Musk said that one of SpaceX's biggest goals was to make Mars a "self-contained civilization" that could survive despite the cessation of Earth's resupply. Musk believes that if Mars relies on supplies from Earth to survive, that means they haven't created a true "life insurance".

NASA also has big ambitions in Mars' mission. On May 1, 2025, the Trump administration announced a massive budget cut on NASA, with one of the biggest impacts being a reduction in funds for the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. The mission aims to bring samples of Martian soil back to Earth for analysis, which is an important part of a long-term plan to explore Mars further.

However, despite budget cuts, the US government remains committed to funding missions to Mars, and SpaceX continues to be a major player in this effort. Musk hopes that Mars can become a place that is sufficiently independent to support life, even if supplies from Earth are cut off.

According to simulations conducted by scientists, calculations show that life on Earth will become impossible around 1,000,002,021, which is more than one billion years from now. With rising temperatures and decreasing oxygen levels, this condition will lead to extinction of life on Earth. This process is predicted to take place very slowly, giving humanity a lot of time to move to other planets, if we succeed in developing technology and infrastructure to live outside Earth.

Musk hopes to make Mars "suffiologically self-sustaining" or independent before we reach a critical point on Earth. He sees this as a turning point in the history of mankind, where civilization will be able to survive even though Earth can no longer support life. To achieve this, SpaceX and scientists around the world must work together to address the major challenges in Mars' colonization, including the development of the technology needed to make Mars truly habitable.

Elon Musk and scientists warn that life on Earth may end sooner than we imagined, even though it is still a few billion years away. However, for Musk, this issue is the main reason why the Mars colonial mission should start soon. Given the time constraint, Mars may be the last place to support human civilization, and the future of mankind now relies heavily on our ability to create an independent life on the red planet.


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