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SpaceX cuts retail IPO allocation to low 20% range, source says

The Elon Musk-led company plans to direct a percentage in the low 20s of the offering to retail buyers, according to a person familiar with the matter.

SpaceX’s stock could follow the same path as Tesla’s — not always trading on fundamentals

Investors often use shares of Tesla to trade on price swings or to bet on Elon Musk himself.

BlackRock ordered $5 billion in SpaceX shares as IPO demand hit $250 billion, nearly 4x oversubscribed

BlackRock submitted an order to buy at least $5 billion in SpaceX shares ahead of Friday’s debut, the Wall Street Journal reported. That single order is nearly as large as the entire $5.5 billion Cerebras IPO, the biggest of 2026 so far…

States challenge Nasdaq, FTSE Russell for fast-tracking SpaceX

Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?

It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells caused the trap to close, but detailed experiments have led scientists to propose an alternative mechanism

Republicans add measure to strip forest protections to wildfire bill, endangering Dem support

Republican senators have thrown a wrench into an effort to pass a wildfire prevention bill, adding a controversial amendment seeking to nullify Clinton-era forest protections. It’s a move that Democrats say makes the underlying legislation…

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming

So-called indirect greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds, aren’t covered by climate policies even though they heat the planet

I hope these 4 Galaxy S26 Ultra software features make their way to the Galaxy A57 and more affordable Samsung phones…

I've used the Samsung Galaxy A57 and S26 Ultra — here are four features of the latter that I hope come to the former soon.

SpaceX Holder Ark Sees $300 Billion Win on Orbital Data Centers

Ark Investment Management’s Brett Winton said SpaceX could generate $300 billion in annual revenue by deploying tens of gigawatts of orbital data center capacity by the late 2020s at the current rental rates.

SpaceX to close above $2 trillion market cap on its debut, prediction market traders say

Traders on Polymarket think it's likely SpaceX will join a group of just six companies boasting a market value beyond $2 trillion.

How you and your superannuation came to be aboard SpaceX

If your superannuation is managed by any of Australia's big superannuation funds, chances are you're about to become a highly valued financial backer to Elon Musk.

After nearly breaking, NASA's Deep Space Network "worked well" on Artemis II

NASA pushed its Deep Space Network beyond its limits during the Artemis I mission nearly four years ago. The global array of deep space communications antennas couldn't keep up with the routine demands of 40 robotic science missions and…