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SPAC King Chamath Palihapitiya Hails Rare Earth Play MP Materials As Stock Nears $100: One Of The Deals 'That Worked'

Billionaire investor Chamath Palihapitiya, often dubbed the “SPAC King,” recently celebrated a successful venture on X, highlighting MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP) as its stock price nears the $100 mark.

Benzinga

Shapeshifting 'braided river' in Tibet is the highest in the world, and is becoming increasingly unstable — Earth from space

A 2025 satellite photo shows a particularly complex section of the Yarlung Zangbo River as it twists its way through the Tibetan Plateau. This part of the "braided" waterway has experienced drastic visual changes over recent decades, which could soon be accentuated by climate change.

LiveScience

Rocket Lab launches private Japanese Earth-imaging satellite to orbit (video)

Rocket Lab launched a radar satellite for Synspective today (Oct. 14), the seventh spacecraft it has lofted for the Japanese Earth-observation company.

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How we sharpened the James Webb telescope’s vision from a million kilometres away

After Christmas dinner in 2021, our family was glued to the television, watching the nail-biting launch of NASA’s US$10 billion (AU$15 billion) James Webb Space Telescope. There had not been such a leap forward in telescope technology since Hubble was launched in 1990.

The Conversation

SpaceX launches giant Starship rocket for moon and Mars on 11th test flight (video)

SpaceX's Starship megarocket aced its test flight today (Oct. 13), the 11th overall for the program and the final mission for this version of the giant vehicle.

Space

‘Rare earths are a very useful weapon for China’: Former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on the big economic danger

The past week could just be a preview to China weaponizing its entire supply chain, the investor told Fortune.

Fortune

Is low Earth orbit getting too crowded? New study rings an alarm bell

Hundreds of satellites may soon be flying in orbital regions that are already too packed to allow safe and long-term operations, a new study suggests.

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MP Materials Stock Is Trading Higher Monday: What's Going On?

MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP) shares are trading higher on Monday amid continued strength after China’s Commerce Ministry announced last week that foreign suppliers must obtain approval to export certain products containing rare-earth materials.

Benzinga

How do asteroids spin in space? The answer could help us prevent a catastrophic Earth impact

From how space rocks wobble to where to hit them, scientists are learning the fine art of asteroid deflection — and it could one day save Earth.

Space

The Metals Company (TMC) Shares Are Trading Higher Today: What's Going On?

The Metals Company Inc. (NASDAQ:TMC) shares are trading higher Monday on continued strength after China’s Commerce Ministry announced that foreign suppliers must obtain approval to export certain products containing rare earth materials.

Benzinga

‘Extremely hostile’: Trump lashes China over trade controls but there may be a silver lining

The trade dispute between the United States and China has resumed. US President Donald Trump lashed out at the weekend at Beijing’s planned tightening of restrictions over crucial rare-earth minerals.

The Conversation

‘Invincible’ Season 4 Is About To Introduce Its Most Powerful New Villain Yet

The new season of 'Invincible' finally reveals its release date — and its new villain.

Inverse

A volcano or a meteorite? New evidence sheds light on puzzling discovery in Greenland's ice sheet

New research suggests that this mystery platinum signature underneath the Greenland ice sheet may have originated from a volcanic fissure eruption in Iceland, not space.

Space

Energy Fuels (UUUU) Shares Are Trading Higher Monday: What's Going On?

Energy Fuels Inc. (AMEX:UUUU) shares are trading higher Monday amid continued strength after China’s Commerce Ministry announced that foreign suppliers must obtain approval to export certain products containing rare earth materials.

Benzinga

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USA Rare Earth (USAR) Stock Is Rising Today: Here's Why

Shares of USA Rare Earth, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) are trading higher Monday amid a wave of optimism for rare earth materials companies.

Fortune

'Scandalous’: top economist Jeremy Siegel warns U.S. sleepwalked into rare-earths crisis as China tightens its grip

The Wharton professor says Washington ignored the mineral threat for decades, leaving U.S. supply chains exposed and Beijing in control of 90% of global refining.

Space

NASA will say goodbye to the International Space Station in 2030 − and welcome in the age of commercial space stations

In 2030, the International Space Station will be deorbited: driven into a remote area of the Pacific Ocean.

PC Gamer

RPG vet Josh Sawyer keeps things like Fallout and D&D grounded in history because 'Once things get too magical… it's impossible to bring it back down to Earth'

Which is also why Deadfire is the best CRPG of at least the last decade, just saying.

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This 1 Rare Earth Stock Is Up 375% in Just 6 Months

USA Rare Earth (USAR) is caught in the middle of U.S.-China trade tensions, and shares are majorly benefitting. USAR stock is trading at new all-time highs. Shares are up more than 270% over the past year and 375% in the past six months. The stock has a 100% technical “Buy”...

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Hold Onto Your Butts! The Apex Predator Of LEGO Sets Is Here, And This T-Rex Is Ready For The Earth

This LEGO set will rule the Earth, or at least your shelf...

LiveScience

AI reveals hidden 'ring fault' that is unleashing earthquakes at Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano

A new AI tool reveals that Campi Flegrei experienced more than 54,000 earthquakes between 2022 and 2025. By mapping these events, researchers discovered a huge, crisp, ring-shaped fault.

Benzinga

Bloom Energy, USA Rare Earth, Broadcom, Tesla And Other Big Stocks Moving Higher On Monday

U.S. stocks were higher, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 500 points on Monday.

Benzinga

USA Rare Earth, Critical Metals Stocks Explode—JPMorgan Adds Fuel To The Fire

Rare earth stocks continued a remarkable rally on Monday following geopolitical developments and major investment pledges, including a $1.5 trillion initiative from the largest bank in the country, JPMorgan Chase Co. (NYSE:JPM).

The Conversation

‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun off ejections from the Sun, aren’t easy to study

Weather forecasting is a powerful tool. During hurricane season, for instance, meteorologists create computer simulations to forecast how these destructive storms form and where they might travel, which helps prevent damage to coastal communities. When you’re trying to forecast space weather, rather than storms on Earth, creating these simulations gets…

LiveScience

'Planet Y' theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than 'Planet Nine'

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for almost a decade. However, the evidence for this newly theorized world is "not definitive."

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