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SpaceX soars past Amazon in market value after IPO frenzy; options trading begins

SpaceX shares soared over 14% Tuesday, briefly surpassing Amazon and nearing Microsoft's valuation, reaching $2.85 trillion. Investor excitement surged with new options trading, despite analysts warning of extreme volatility and…

Yes, the universe's expansion is still accelerating, researchers say

Biofuels Are Key to Preventing Sharp Drop in Farmland, S&P Says

Expanding biofuel demand is a “powerful catalyst” to restore profitability to American farms, according to a new study, as harvests balloon and lawmakers consider broadening the market for corn-based ethanol.

Stress on San Andreas Fault reaches highest levels in 1,000 years as scientists await next ‘major rupture’

The fault lines have reached “unprecedented levels,” according to the study.

What to know about Cursor, the AI coding startup SpaceX is buying for $60 billion

Newly public SpaceX is taking advantage of a previous agreement that gave it the option to acquire Cursor, whose engineers have already been working closely with the company.

Conservatives pitch legalizing some psychedelics with bill to revamp Canada's drug laws

Conservative MP Corey Tochor introduced legislation on Tuesday to legalize prescribing psychedelics like psilocybin, which researchers and patients say can effectively treat some mental health disorders.

SpaceX Options Trading Starts Strong as Traders Chase Musk Mania

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. options were among the most heavily traded among US companies on Tuesday, helping to spur an early 17% gain in the rocket maker in its third day of trading.

US lawmakers fight Trump administration cuts to $386m ocean monitoring program: ‘supreme stupidity’

Lisa Murkowski, a Republican senator, joins Democrats in bid to stop dismantling the Ocean Observatories Initiative US politics live – latest updates A group of Democratic senators and one Republican, as well as two Democratic House…

SpaceX is buying AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion

SpaceX is buying Cursor to bolster the capabilities of xAI.

China sets space environment monitoring satellite into orbit

The spacecraft was delivered to the orbit by the Long March-3B launch vehicle

Iran war ‘stark wake-up call’ for fossil fuel- dependent Southeast Asia: IEA report

The Iran war has exposed major risks for Southeast Asia that could cost the region billions of dollars, if it does not diversify sources of energy more quickly, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) report released on Tuesday…

Meet Pawan Kumar Chandana, ex-ISRO scientist behind India’s largest private rocket factory