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Vancouver-based mineral exploration and development company Tactical Resources Corp (TSXV:) surged higher Friday on news that it plans to list on NASDAQ via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, Plum Acquisition III Corp (NASDAQ:). Tactical Resources Corp shares rose 120% on the TSX Venture Exchange in afternoon trading Friday. The…
By Sam Nussey and Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -A resurgent yen helped bring Japanese stocks crashing back to earth on Monday, leaving investors scrambling to gauge the potentially diminished outlook for earnings, and snuffing out a months-long dramatic run by the Tokyo market. In just three trading sessions the Nikkei…
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – Four decades ago, a rare earth processing plant on France’s Atlantic coast was one of the largest in the world, churning out materials used to make colour televisions, arc lights and camera lenses. Its current owner Solvay (EBR:) is racing to return the plant…
Two rare asteroids will zoom past Earth at close range this week, within just 42 hours of each other.Due to their size and trajectory, both of these space rocks are labeled “potentially hazardous.” But that doesn’t mean they pose an immediate threat to Earth.In fact, both of them will safely…
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Problems with Boeing (NYSE:)’s Starliner capsule, still docked at the International Space Station (ISS), have upended the original plans for its return of its two astronauts to Earth, as last-minute fixes and tests draw out a mission crucial to the future of Boeing’s space…
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) -Boeing Starliner’s return to Earth from the International Space Station with its first crew of astronauts has been postponed, NASA said on Friday. NASA did not provide a new date, raising questions about when the mission’s two astronauts will return as more testing and technical issues…
But one of the more revolutionary astronomy tools of the decade is a mini satellite about the size of a breadbox. The satellite will act like an artificial star for astronomers to observe from the ground, allowing them to more accurately measure a space object’s brightness and better understand some…
SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket snagged a huge victory on the road to Elon Musk’s Mars-settling plans on Thursday — but not without some battle scars.However, the spacecraft was visibly falling apart on SpaceX’s livestream as it screamed through Earth’s atmosphere.Viewers had a limited view of the ship itself, but the onboard…
