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SpaceX opens 11% higher at $150 a share and makes Musk the first trillionaire

SpaceX jumped 11% as the rocket maker's stock opened for trading

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Elon Musk's SpaceX is about to make its debut on Wall Street

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX is set to make its debut on Wall Street Friday

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'As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it': 'Star City's' Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis on learning to love the Motherland in Apple TV's soviet space race spin-off (interview)

'I think it’s a really interesting environment to delve into. Ultimately, it's a culture of survival.'

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Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026

A spacecraft was recently prepped for encapsulation inside of its rocket at one of NASA's launch facilities ahead of its launch to save another satellite.

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Where does Elon Musk’s phenomenal wealth come from?

South Africa-born tech entrepeneur on course to become world’s first trillionaire after lucrative SpaceX IPO

The Independent UK

My quiet obsession with satellites — and how they're ruining everything

From ruined photos to vanishing darkness, satellites are transforming the night sky — and not always for the better.

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Elon Musk could become the world's first trillionaire with SpaceX's IPO

Elon Musk is set to become the world's first trillionaire Friday by selling shares in his rocket company in likely the biggest stock debut ever

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SpaceX goes public with a mind-bogglingly historic IPO. The space industry may never be the same.

With the launch of SpaceX into the IPO frontier today, the space industry has its newest publicly traded juggernaut.

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Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX ends trading day with valuation of $2.1tn – as it happened

One economist says Musk’s world-first level of extreme wealth highlights massive economic disparities and could have profound effects on society

The Guardian - UK

Conservation groups sue to stop SpaceX land deal

The groups suing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife want to preserve land that holds an endangered ocelot. They also argue SpaceX's test launches send rocket debris into the refuge lands.

The Texas Tribune

NASA’s head defends all-male crew for mission named after a Greek goddess

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the selected astronauts give ‘the mission the best chance of meeting its objectives’

The Independent UK

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'galaxy-killing' wind that may explain why some early galaxies lived fast and died young

A “galaxy-killing” wind driven by cosmic mergers may explain why many massive galaxies in the early universe stopped forming stars far earlier than expected, according to new JWST and ALMA observations.

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Don't miss this beautiful 3-planet parade after sunset tonight — it won't last long

Mercury, Venus and Jupiter will form a striking 3-planet parade low above the western horizon after sunset tonight (June 12), offering a brief but beautiful show.

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A look at the SpaceX IPO by the numbers

Elon Musk is all about big numbers — millions, billions, even trillions – and there are plenty of them associated with SpaceX and Musk's plans to take the rocket maker public

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Elon Musk's SpaceX is about to make its debut on Wall Street

Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX will make its debut on Wall Street Friday

Space

Why do stars appear different colors in the night sky?

Discover why some stars shine blue, white, orange or red and what those colors tell us about the cosmos.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk's SpaceX is about to make its debut on Wall Street. What to know

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will make its debut on Wall Street Friday and both institutional and retail investors are expected to gobble up the 555.6 million shares going up for sale at $135 apiece

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James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence the mysterious 'little red dots' are black hole stars

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope may be close to solving the mystery of "little red dots" in the early universe.

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NASA chief defends all-male Artemis 3 astronaut crew amid backlash: 'I don't think anyone should be reading into this'

The four astronauts named to the Artemis 3 crew are all male, but NASA officials emphasized they were selected based on their qualifications and experience.

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Jupiter and Venus looked spectacular in this week's planetary conjunction. Here are our favorite photos

Venus and Jupiter passed close to one another, setting the stage for a captivating planetary photoshoot.

Bangkok Post

SpaceX's historic IPO by the numbers

NEW YORK - The stock market debut of SpaceX -- Elon Musk's rocket, satellite and company -- expected Friday, could be the biggest in history. Here are the key numbers.

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NASA's ambitious Artemis 3 mission includes 3 giant rocket launches, 2 private moon landers and 1 big question: Can it all work together?

NASA's Artemis 3 mission in 2027 looks to be one of agency's most complicated missions ever, with three giant rocket launches and two private moon lander prototypes that haven't been built yet.

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NASA is building a new space telescope to search for life on nearby planets. What would it see on ancient Earth?

A new study analyzed how NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory might be able to confidently spot biosignatures in the atmosphere of a distant ancient Earth.

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Italian astronaut to pilot Artemis III mission

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (UNITED STATES) - Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano is hoping to bring a taste of his homeland to the Artemis III mission he will pilot near Earth in 2027 to test two lunar modules.

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NASA taps US, Italian astronauts for Artemis mission

The Artemis III crew includes Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency - the first European to join the moon mission.

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