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Elon Musk wants to raise 75 billion dollars in Space X's record IPO
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (438+ words) Musk looks set to become the first person with a trillion-dollar fortune following the IPO of his space company Space X. (archive picture) Tech billionaire Elon Musk's space company Space X doesn't make a lot of revenue and is deep in…...
"There was a huge anomaly - I thought: This can't be"
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (827+ words) Using a new method, ETH researchers have looked deeper into the Earth's interior than ever before. The big surprise is that they found an anomaly in the western Pacific Ocean that was previously only associated with continental plates. Researchers at…...
Defense: Three municipalities file objections over noise pollution from the F-35
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (345+ words) The new F-35 fighter jets require additional noise abatement measures at the three military airfields in Payerne, VD; Meiringen, BE; and Emmen, LU. The three affected municipalities have now filed objections. In response to an inquiry from the Keystone-SDA news agency,…...
Musk's space company Space X overtakes Amazon on the stock market
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (202+ words) On its third day of trading, Elon Musk's space company Space X surpassed online retailer Amazon in market capitalization. With another price gain of about nine percent, Space X reached a market capitalization of approximately 2. 75 trillion dollars, while Amazon stood…...
Space X Acquires AI Startup Cursor for $60 Billion
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (229+ words) Just a few days after its record-breaking IPO, the space and AI company Space X has officially sealed the acquisition of AI specialist Cursor. The deal values the AI programming startup at $60 billion. The acquisition is a major step for…...
Space X goes public with a $1. 8 trillion valuation'despite being deep in the red
1+ week, 5+ day ago (495+ words) Elon Musk is inviting investors to place a massive bet on the stock market. His space company Space X may have little business and high losses'but investors are expected to accept a massive valuation in anticipation of future success. Elon…...
Italians instead of Germans on "Artemis" - What does that mean?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1052+ words) The first European to fly on a NASA "Artemis" moon mission is not a German, as previously announced, but surprisingly an Italian. Luca Parmitano has been selected as one of four astronauts for the "Artemis 3" mission, the US space agency…...
This video shows auroras as hardly anyone has ever seen them
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (224+ words) before blue News NASA publishes spectacular images This video shows auroras as hardly anyone has ever seen them before NASA astronaut Jessica Meir has filmed an aurora australis from space. The time-lapse video shows the dancing lights from a uniquely…...
Swiss space companies hope for a boost from Space X IPO
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (735+ words) With the planned IPO of US space company Space X on Friday, the world is looking to the space industry. What is less well known is that numerous space companies have also been established in Switzerland in recent decades. When…...
Research team has seamlessly measured debris flows for the first time
2+ week, 5+ day ago (288+ words) Researchers have tracked a debris flow from start to finish for the first time. The data obtained from the Illgraben in Valais provides new insights into how dangerous, meter-high waves develop inside the mud and debris flow. This was announced…...