Source: SpaceX plans to raise $75B in its IPO by selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, an unusual move since most companies set a price range before the roadshow (Echo Wang/Reuters)

Echo Wang / Reuters: Source: SpaceX plans to raise $75B in its IPO by selling 555.6M shares at $135 each, an unusual move since most companies set a price range before the roadshow  —  SpaceX plans to raise $75 billion in its initial public offering by selling 555.6 million shares […]

Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life

New observatories and spacecraft missions are probing environments in our solar system that could potentially host life but have long remained hidden. Icy moons like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa likely contain oceans beneath frozen outer shells. But a layer of ice prohibits space probes from sampling them directly. Exploring these icy moons is almost […]

Look Up!

Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in the cupola, monitoring the automated approach and docking of the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station on May 17, 2026. The orbital outpost was […]

The Download: China’s brain implant ambitions

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. China has approved the world’s first invasive brain-computer chip—here’s what’s next Sitting in the courtyard of his house in China’s Henan province last October, Dong Hui […]

GitHub Copilot’s new pricing model went into effect today, and many noted sticker shock with some saying a few hours of AI usage ate big chunks of monthly caps (Kyle Orland/Ars Technica)

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: GitHub Copilot’s new pricing model went into effect today, and many noted sticker shock with some saying a few hours of AI usage ate big chunks of monthly caps  —  In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based […]