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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) Inspector General’s office will audit the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) relocation of Newark air traffic controller responsibilities from New York to Philadelphia last year. The move aimed to address staffing shortages and congestion in the New York City-area airspace.

The BOAT is the ruler of all gamma-ray bursts, releasing as much energy in seconds as the sun will in 10 billion years — and it could be revealing the secrets of these extreme cosmic blasts.

Living in space changes the human body — but arteries seem particularly resilient to microgravity's effects.

A controversial new paper questions whether the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a potentially dangerous alien probe, similar to claims made about 'Oumuamua. But experts have called it "nonsense".

Spica and the moon will appear over the southwestern horizon at sunset

United Airlines and JetBlue Airways have received regulatory approval from the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to proceed with the Blue Sky partnership. The news comes more than a month after Spirit Airlines made a complaint to the DOT stating that the proposed collaboration between the two airlines is anti-competitive.

Welcome to my 176th weekly routes article! It includes six mini-stories about subjectively exciting services that took off between July 21 and 28.

'You here now. You weave together the future. So go out and seek, explore'

India recently rolled out the rocket that will launch the NISAR Earth-observing spacecraft, a joint effort between ISRO and NASA. Liftoff is scheduled for the morning of July 30.

WhileBoeing 747 aircraft are somewhat few and far between these days, and examples of the older 747-200 variant even more so, one particularly interesting example to have remained active in recent years has been a testbed plane belonging to Rolls-Royce. The British engine manufacturer had a 45-year-old 747-200B on its books that it used to test turbofans on flights out of Tucson in Arizona.

Boeing has reported its second-quarter results for 2025, with its performance exceeding analyst estimates as it narrowed its losses. The US planemaker reported a net loss of $612 million - less than half its $1.44 billion losses from Q2 2024 - as its revenue jumped by almost 35%.

Whether you're a Falcon 9 fan or want to go to Mars, this quiz is your chance to prove it.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hunted supermassive black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies — but laying in wait for their stellar victims.

Residents both on the ISS and in Singapore were treated to a spectacular show at 3:18 am local time.

The best Sony lenses are the best glass you can get for your Sony camera. Our guide takes you through models that suit a range of budgets and photography styles.

Want to bring the cosmos closer? Save nearly 40% on these Celestron Skymaster 15x70 binoculars, but with Prime Day ending soon you'll have to be fast!

Christopher Smith and the gang deal with parallel realities and ARGUS in the second trailer for DC Studios and HBO Max's Peacemaker season 2.

On Saturday, July 26, 2025, Delta Air Lines DL2809 ended unusually. The aircraft landed slightly behind schedule at San Francisco International Airport and had an unremarkable taxi to the gate. However, once the plane was parked and the jetbridge was connected, 10 law enforcement officers boarded the aircraft. They proceeded to arrest the first officer on charges related to child sexual assault, as per an official announcement made by the Contra Costa County Sheriff on Facebook.

American Airlines will be increasing its transatlantic flight operations to Spain this upcoming winter season. This will include increasing capacity by up-guaging its fleet from hubs such as Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Philadelphia International Airport, as well as re-starting seasonal operations earlier than originally planned.

After returning from a 434-day mission in March 2025, Boeing’s X-37B unmanned spaceplane is getting ready for its next exciting sortie. The eighth mission since its debut (OTV-8) will take into orbit a module for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and the Defense Innovation Unit.