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$1. 77 trillion! Space X is about to become the 7th-most valuable American company
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (476+ words) Space X will sell its shares for $135 apiece during its IPO, yielding a valuation of $1. 77 trillion. Space X's initial public offering (IPO) will launch the company into rarefied financial air. The company revealed this week that it plans to sell…...
Can solar sails really send humans out into interstellar space?
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (1191+ words) "I think these are not far-out type of ideas; they are not really futuristic ideas that we are talking about." If humankind ever travels to distant stars, we might sail there " and it might be sooner than you think. Some…...
Star Catcher just raised $65 million to build the world's first power grid in space " with lasers
3+ week, 3+ day ago (985+ words) "Fundamentally, the vision of Star Catcher is to make it as easy to operate in space as it is to operate terrestrially." Star Catcher Industries now has a big war chest to help bankroll its big dream " building a power…...
Enormous solar power array seen from orbit | Space photo of the day for March 5, 2026
3+ mon, 1+ hour ago (268+ words) This stunning satellite image of Ouarzazate, Morocco, was taken by Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Night Sky This Week Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission captured this stunning image of south-central Morocco, showing the the city of Ouarzazate, the Anti-Atlas Mountains, and…...
60, 000 feet above Earth, NASA is hunting for the minerals that power phones, EVs and clean energy
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (462+ words) Similar sensors have been used on spacecraft to learn more about distant worlds. NASA has a new high-tech sensor to help the search for critical minerals in the American West. The sensor is called AVIRIS-5 (Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer…...
Was Elon in the room where it happened? This senator still wants to know
6+ mon, 19+ hour ago (619+ words) "I wanted to give you one more chance to set the record straight." Ed Markey is persistent. In April, during Jared Isaacman's first nomination hearing for the post of NASA administrator, the Democratic senator from Massachusetts asked repeatedly if Space…...
ESA's sun spacecraft captures 1st close-up of our star's magnetic engine in motion
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (427+ words) "Solar Orbiter can now provide this missing piece of the puzzle." In a striking new view from space, the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter has given scientists their first close-up glimpse of the sun's magnetic field near its south pole…...
Scientists find twisting magnetic waves on the sun. Could this help solve a huge solar mystery?
7+ mon, 13+ hour ago (494+ words) "This discovery ends a protracted search for these waves that has its origins in the 1940s." Scientists using the world's most powerful solar telescope say they've finally observed small-scale magnetic twists on the sun " a discovery that may help solve the…...
Powerful solar storms may help life get going on alien planets. Here's how
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (301+ words) "What inspired us most was the long-standing mystery of how the young sun's violent activity influenced the nascent Earth." A coronal mass ejection on another star has been witnessed in its entirety for the first time, revealing that when these…...
'If it's possible, it must be done': Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has his eyes on missions to Mars and Venus
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1035+ words) 'If you want to build a little rocket to get off a little planet, [Rocket Lab is] probably a good place to start,' Rocket Lab wants to bring NASA's Perseverance rover samples back from Mars. As interest in Mars Sample…...