The SpaceX Starship lifts off for a test flight in May. A $1.8 trillion valuation would make SpaceX larger than all but six of the companies in the S&P 500 index. Reuters

Elon Musk’s SpaceX seeks $75bn in record IPO to fund AI and future launches

Share offering could pass Saudi Aramco’s record $29.4bn listing, with sale set for June 11

Markets

The astronaut putting the 'awe' in 'orbit' with her science lessons from space

Space

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad during test

US

UAE insurers are watching from space. What does that mean for your premium?

Technology

Europe's Exploration Company seeks UAE investors for $200m financing round

Business

UK boosts its eyes in space with telescope network across overseas territories

UK

Jordan joins Artemis Accord for peaceful space exploration

Space
Majid Al Suwaidi, chief executive of the UAE's $30 billion climate fund Alterra. Chris Whiteoak / The National

Alterra's investments designed to hedge against AI bubble, says chief executive

UAE fund teams up with Italy's Domyn to develop sovereign climate intelligence system

Technology

Binance to resume withdrawals after covering 95% of $6.3bn heist

Markets

AnalysisBinance heist raises regulatory and investment questions

Markets

US CFTC boss says Binance hack 'proves his point' about need for crypto market regulations

Technology

CNTXT AI to open robotics data and training facilities in UAE

Technology

Binance's $6.3bn hack exposes crypto's dependence on the middlemen it was built to replace

Markets

Binance hack shows AI could worsen effects of crypto attacks

Money
The Jebel Barkal pyramids in Sudan's Northern State in Sudanese Nubia. AFP

How the Nile slowed to help an ancient empire thrive for centuries

Changing characteristics of vast river helped Kushite dynasty in what is now Sudan rise to power and society to develop

MENA

Deep Fake Nine: Why some believe Artemis II mission is a hoax

US

Artemis II: First crewed Moon mission in more than 50 years blasts off

US

UAE water-focused tech start-up wants students to 'explore solutions to global challenges'

Science

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