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Get ready for a new Roman Empire: A NASA space telescope will detect a staggering wealth of intricate gravitational lenses that could help unlock the mysteries of dark matter.

Staff at the European Southern Observatory have a system to clean the La Silla Observatory's delicate mirrors without breaking them.

Using NASA's Chandra X-ray space telescope, astronomers have discovered an entire galaxy cluster wrapped in a 20 million light-year-wide envelope of charged particles.

The beads are over 3.3 billion years old, and date from the formation of the "Man in the Moon."

Dr. Stéphanie Cazaux has received an ERC Advanced Grant to study the interaction between the moons’ oceans and their icy surface to identify potential access pathways to these oceans and assess what surface observations can reveal about the oceans’ composition and physical conditions.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket placed 26 Starlink internet broadband satellites into low Earth orbit, lifting off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 16, 2025.

An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Mexico City International Airport was forced to return and make a heavy landing at LAX on June 13. The pilots of the Boeing 737-800 reported issues related to a window seal leak just a few minutes into the flight. They ultimately felt that it was safest to return rather than press on with the nearly four-hour flight.

On June 12, Hawaiian Airlines inaugurated its first flight from Seattle to Anchorage. This development is, of course, because it is now a fully owned subsidiary of the Alaska Air Group. Flights are operated by theAirbus A330 and are the only widebodies operating between the two cities.

Leaks aboard the International Space Station, as well as on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, delayed Axiom's next private astronaut mission, but the crew now has a target launch date of June 19.

Airports, despite being massive hubs for global transportation, are also some of the most dangerous places for infectious diseases to surface. As places from which passengers depart for destinations all across the globe, airports are the ideal places for viruses to spread, as they can easily transfer between travelers and head off to new cities. Onboard aircraft, passengers are extremely close together, providing even more room for an infectious disease to spread.

There's a good reason the Lego Marvel Infinity Gauntlet has been around since 2021: Few sets are as striking as this.

Anchorage now has scheduled passenger flights to 19 airports in the Lower 48 US states. The latest addition is Sacramento, with the first flight ever from Alaska's most populous city departing on June 14. However, compared to 2024, Anchorage has lost flights to Seattle Paine Field.

Frontier Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney GTF engines to power 91 of its Airbus A320neo aircraft. The follow-on order will bring the carrier's total of GTF-powered aircraft to 235, including those already delivered.

Part of the closest star-forming region to us, known as the Chamaeleon Complex, has been illuminated by the light of young stars in this artwork by nature captured by the Dark Energy Camera.

The Fujifilm X-T50, with its powerful 40.2-MP sensor and excellent creative functionality, is a great beginner camera for astrophotography.

A new upgrade option for the PW1100G geared turbofans has been released by Pratt & Whitney Engines. The kit promises to bring already in-service powerplants' durability nearly to par with its newly certified GTF Advantage update.

The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled.

A United AirlinesBoeing 737-700, flight UA 1269, was climbing out ofAlbuquerque International Sunport Airport (ABQ), New Mexico, when it temporarily lost cabin pressure. The crew called air traffic control (ATC) after the malfunction occurred passing through 28,000 feet.

When Breeze Airways began services in 2021, the airline promised to connect underserved communities with point-to-point and affordable flights to other secondary airports in the United States as well as the top leisure spots across the country. After all, the carrier has described itself as the “premium leisure carrier connecting underserved cities across the US.”

Send your birthday love to Planet Bob as we reminisce about this spirited post-apocalyptic gem.