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Astronomers unveiled the James Webb Space Telescope's largest view yet of the early universe in a richly detailed catalog of nearly 800,000 galaxies.

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, issued a proclamation saying that he would completely ban the entry of citizens from 12 countries, and severely limit individuals’ ability to obtain visas from seven countries. The ban on citizens from a dozen countries traveling to the US is expected to have limited impact, considering the number of people who arrived in the country in 2025.

Spica is a binary star system located 250 light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.

In the past two days, Spirit Airlines has launched several new routes, bringing its services to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for example, with the low-cost carrier launching flights from the state’s border city to Fort Lauderdale, Newark, and Orlando. These are the airline’s latest routes and one of three new cities on its route map in 2025, which includes Columbia, South Carolina, a city it had served in 2008 and 2009.

Finnair is preparing for more disruptions this month as union-led strikes are set to impact ground operations at Helsinki Airport. The Finnish Aviation Union has announced strike action for June 17 and 19, with each involving a separate shift window. As a result, the airline is offering passengers traveling on those days an option to reschedule their flight at no extra cost.

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 operating a flight from Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) was forced to divert to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) after the crew experienced an issue with the aircraft’s flaps.

Astronomers discovered a new class of cosmic explosions known as "extreme nuclear transients" that are the most powerful phenomena known, aside from the Big Bang.

The main trailer for FX's Alien: Earth has Xenomorphs, a synthetic-human hybrid, and some new extra-terrestrial creatures we weren't expecting.

The spiral galaxy NGC 5907 is positioned edge-on to Earth.

The peak summer season, with the highest demand and fares, is fast approaching. In June, 15 routes will take off from the US and Canada to Europe (no routes will begin to Africa, the Middle East, etc., this month). Some of them have already started, including the first flight ever from Switzerland to Seattle. To make it even more notable, Edelweiss uses the Airbus A340.

A neutron star's final moments may spark violent starquakes, monster shock waves, and even a fleeting, never-before-seen object called a black hole pulsar.

A ground halt has been implemented at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) by the FAA because of a lack of personnel. The stoppage comes as runway testing is wrapping up for certification by June 10.

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.

Aurora chasers, keep your eyes on the skies as we might be in for another show this weekend, albeit slightly smaller than the performances earlier this week.

Mikael Genberg discusses his "Moonhouse" project, which is about to land a tiny replica of the iconic red-and-white Swedish house on Earth's nearest neighbor.

Margot Winters has won the Heinz Stoewer Space Award 2025 for her MSc thesis “The FLARE Suit: Development of a Space Radiation Shielding Vest for Astronauts,” with which she graduated cum laude, the highest distinction at TU Delft. Her research was supervised by Dr Alessandra Menicucci.

New research suggests that the largest magnetic fields in the universe originated through some exotic mechanism that absolutely soaked the early cosmos.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base this evening (June 4), carrying 27 Starlink satellites for the company's growing wireless internet constellation.

The Airbus A319 is relatively uncommon in Australia. According to ch-aviation, QantasLink, SkyTraders, and SkyTrans have 13 examples, although not all of them are active. QantasLink has eight frames, all operated by Network Aviation, a carrier owned by the Qantas Group, on its behalf.

When an international crew of astronauts launch on a commercial space mission, they will be joined by a स्वैन, a łabędź or a hattyú. Or, in English, a swan.