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Virgin Galactic Stock Surges 17% Before Earnings: Why SPCE’s Next Test Matters

Virgin Galactic Stock Surges 17% Before Earnings: Why SPCE’s Next Test Matters

Virgin Galactic shares surged 17.1% to $2.94 Friday, trading over 16 million shares ahead of its first-quarter earnings report due May 14. The rally followed a 5.6% drop Thursday and left the stock still down over 55% from its 52-week high. Analysts expect a quarterly loss of 79 cents per share on $200,000 revenue. Virgin Galactic ended 2025 with $338 million in cash and a $279 million net loss.
9 May 2026
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Space and Defense Stocks: Rocket Lab, Lockheed, Northrop, RTX in Focus as China Sanctions and Space Force Awards Shape 2026

Space and Defense Stocks: Rocket Lab, Lockheed, Northrop, RTX in Focus as China Sanctions and Space Force Awards Shape 2026

China announced sanctions late Friday against 20 U.S. defense firms, including Boeing’s St. Louis branch, Northrop Grumman Systems, and L3Harris Maritime Services, over arms sales to Taiwan. The move freezes assets in China and blocks business with Chinese entities. U.S. markets closed Friday nearly flat in light post-holiday trading. Investors are watching space and defense stocks ahead of Monday’s open.
27 December 2025
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Record-Setting Black Hole Flash Dazzles Astronomers: “One-In-A-Million” Flare Blasts Light = 10 Trillion Suns

Record-Setting Black Hole Flash Dazzles Astronomers: “One-In-A-Million” Flare Blasts Light = 10 Trillion Suns

Astronomers observed the brightest black hole flare ever recorded, outshining 10 trillion Suns. The event, caused by a supermassive black hole shredding a giant star, occurred in a galaxy about 10–11 billion light-years away. Detected in 2018 by Caltech’s Zwicky Transient Facility, the flare peaked over months and is now fading. Findings led by Matthew Graham were published Nov. 4, 2025, in Nature Astronomy.
5 November 2025
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Space Race in 48 Hours: Starship Roars, Moon Mission Nears & Space Tourism Soars

Space Race in 48 Hours: Starship Roars, Moon Mission Nears & Space Tourism Soars

SpaceX launched NASA’s IMAP probe and two rideshare satellites on Sept. 24 to study the solar heliosphere. NASA set Artemis II’s crewed lunar flyby for April 2026, pending tests. SpaceX fired Starship’s upper stage on Sept. 22 ahead of its next test flight. NASA’s Psyche probe beamed data 218 million miles by laser, surpassing radio speeds.
24 September 2025
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All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

Virgin Galactic began flying commercial space tourists in 2023 after its SpaceShipTwo carried a full crew above 80 km in 2021. Blue Origin’s New Shepard flights cross 100 km, with seats auctioned up to $28 million and routine prices in the hundreds of thousands. SpaceX’s Inspiration4 sent an all-civilian crew to orbit in 2021. Axiom’s Ax-1 mission in 2022 charged $55 million per seat for a 10-day ISS stay.
14 August 2025
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State of Space and Satellite Technologies in 2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

State of Space and Satellite Technologies in 2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

NASA’s Artemis I launched November 16, 2022, sending an uncrewed Orion around the Moon on the first SLS flight. By 2024, the global space economy hit $570 billion, with commercial ventures generating 80%. The U.S. led 154 of 259 orbital launches in 2024; SpaceX flew 90. Over 11,000 active satellites orbit Earth as of 2025, with Starlink alone operating about 7,500.
26 June 2025
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Rocketing into the New Space Race: Inside the Global Boom of Private Spaceflight and Payload Companies

Rocketing into the New Space Race: Inside the Global Boom of Private Spaceflight and Payload Companies

The global space economy hit $570 billion in 2023, with private ventures making up 78%. SpaceX launched nearly 100 missions that year, accounting for 95% of U.S. orbital launches. Investors have put $347.9 billion into 2,197 space startups since 2009. Virgin Galactic began commercial suborbital flights in 2023, charging $450,000 per seat.
16 June 2025
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Inside the Billionaire Space Tourist Boom: History, Players, Prices, and the Future of Commercial Spaceflight

Inside the Billionaire Space Tourist Boom: History, Players, Prices, and the Future of Commercial Spaceflight

Dennis Tito became the first space tourist in April 2001, paying about $20 million for a week on the ISS aboard a Russian Soyuz. The U.S. passed the Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act in 2004, setting FAA rules for private launches. By 2025, over 60 private individuals have flown to space as paying passengers or guests, with ticket prices for orbital missions reaching $55 million per seat.
16 June 2025
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  • Euronext N.V. Stock Gains Spotlight Amid Volatile Market and Business Update
    May 19, 2026, 12:07 AM EDT. Euronext N.V., a leading pan-European stock exchange operator headquartered in Amsterdam, has released its latest trading volumes and financial results, highlighting its resilience amid volatile markets and shifting monetary policy. The group, which manages multiple regional markets including Paris and Milan, reported solid revenue streams from cash equity trading, derivatives, listing fees, and post-trade services such as clearing and settlement. Euronext's business model centers on consolidating regional exchanges into a streamlined network, creating a single liquidity pool across diverse asset classes while maintaining local market identities. This strategy is designed to foster economies of scale and drive cross-selling in trading, clearing, and data services. Investors are paying close attention to Euronext's role as a crucial financial market infrastructure amidst changing economic conditions (data as of May 2026).

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Nasdaq gives up after-hours gains as oil and yields weigh on Wall Street rally

Nasdaq gives up after-hours gains as oil and yields weigh on Wall Street rally

19 May 2026
Dominion Energy shares jumped 9.4% after agreeing to an all-stock merger with NextEra Energy, whose shares fell 4.6%. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.5% as investors sold technology stocks amid rising Treasury yields and oil prices. Nvidia fell 1.4% ahead of earnings. U.S. crude settled at $107.37, and the 10-year Treasury yield reached 4.59%.
XP Shares Slip Post-Q1, Buyback Fails to Sway Investors

XP Shares Slip Post-Q1, Buyback Fails to Sway Investors

19 May 2026
XP Inc.’s U.S.-listed shares fell 3.78% in after-hours trading Monday after reporting higher Q1 profit but weaker net inflows and a lower retail take rate. Net income rose 7% to 1.32 billion reais, but net inflow dropped to 14 billion reais from 24 billion a year earlier. The company declared a $0.20 dividend and announced a new CFO, Gustavo Alejo Viviani, starting August 3.
LiveRamp Rallies 27% After Publicis $2.5 Billion Cash Bid

LiveRamp Rallies 27% After Publicis $2.5 Billion Cash Bid

19 May 2026
Publicis Groupe agreed to buy LiveRamp Holdings for $38.50 a share in cash, valuing the U.S. data-collaboration firm at $2.546 billion. LiveRamp stock jumped to $37.77 on the news, while the broader market fell. LiveRamp reported fiscal Q4 revenue of $206 million, up 9% from a year earlier. Publicis said the deal will boost its adjusted earnings per share from the first year after closing.

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Tesla Slides Again as Robotaxi Faces Latest Challenge

Tesla Slides Again as Robotaxi Faces Latest Challenge

18 May 2026
Tesla shares fell 3.8% to $406.11 Monday as tech stocks slid and bond yields rose. The company raised U.S. Model Y prices over the weekend, its first increase in two years. Elon Musk said Tesla expects to expand cars without human safety monitors across the U.S. later this year. Reuters tests of Tesla robotaxis in Texas found long waits and limited availability.
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