Virgin Australia Prepares For IPO In June

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 16:39

Virgin Australia has continued to prepare for its initial public offering (IPO), with the airline’s executives meeting with prospective investors ahead of its potential relisting on a stock exchange.

You can still get 73% Starz for three months and watch some Marvel content following the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 16:37
This streaming deal is a great alternative to Disney Plus as you can get three months of Starz for just $2.99 and watch Marvel content for less.

Incredible photo shows supermassive black hole blowing a jet of matter into interstellar space

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 16:00
A spiral galaxy known as NGC 4945 exhibits powerful winds of material blowing from the supermassive black hole located at its core in a new photo taken by the Very Large Telescope in Chile.

Drone pilot who flew over Vandenberg Space Force Base sentenced to 4 months in jail

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 15:00
A California man has been sentenced to jail for flying a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base and photographing the installation.

United Airlines Adds 4th Australian Destination With San Francisco-Adelaide Flights On Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 14:25

United Airlines has announced that bookings are open for direct flights between San Francisco and Adelaide, with the new route being unveiled shortly after the carrier teased three new destinations on April 1.

TU Delft researchers receive NWO funding to study life on icy moons

TU Delft nieuws - 2 April, 2025 - 12:50
Stéphanie Cazaux and Niels Ligterink have received funding from NWO under the National Science Agenda (NWA) for their research project "The Search for Life on Icy Moons." This project, part of NWA Route 15: Origins of Life – on Earth and in the Universe, focuses on how to sample material from the plumes escaping Enceladus' subsurface ocean. The funding will support the hiring of a postdoctoral researcher.

ITA Airways Starts Star Alliance Integration

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 12:45

Lufthansa Group has provided another update on the integration of ITA Airways into the group, with the Italian airline, which should leave SkyTeam on April 30, receiving executives’ approval to join Star Alliance.

American Eagle Bombardier CRJ900 Evacuates In Augusta Due To Cabin Haze

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 12:37

An incident has surfaced involving a regional American Eagle flight in which the aircraft cabin was filled with haze upon landing. Any indication of a possible fire inside an aircraft can be extremely dangerous, and the American Eagle flight was promptly evacuated. Thankfully, no passenger injuries were reported.

Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 12:00
The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

FAA's Air Traffic Controller "Hiring Supercharge" Sees 10,000 Applicants

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 11:58

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated on its efforts to quickly hire air traffic controllers (ATC) in the United States, with the current Acting Administrator detailing that out of around 10,000 applicants, between 7,500 and more than 8,300 were referred to testing to proceed with the hiring process.

No Fooling: Emirates Is Quite Serious About New VIPackage Delivery Service

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 11:25

When Emirates revealed yesterday that it would be branching out into the field of package delivery, many assumed that it was little more than a harmless April Fool's joke. After all, the UAE flag carrier did so with a rather implausible photograph depicting one of its Airbus A380s parked on a suburban street. However, the airline has since revealed that its announcement had more than an element of truth.

Northern Lights in Mexico? Low-latitudes may be more vulnerable than expected to geomagnetic storms

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 11:00
Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades. Here's why scientists say this is something to track.

Frontier Airlines Passenger Kicked Off Flight For Wearing Cardiac Defibrillator

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 09:43

While passengers with special needs, such as those traveling with medical devices, often have incident-free flights, occasionally, this could create issues with airline staff for various reasons. Recently, a passenger was asked to deboard a Frontier Airlines flight because of her Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator.

Southwest Airlines Randomly Schedules Nonstop Flights Between Nashville & El Paso For 1 Day Only

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 03:10

Southwest Airlines has scheduled one flight on November 30, 2025, offering non-stop service between Nashville Airport, Tennessee (BNA), and El Paso, Texas (ELP). The flights are set for that single day, catering to travelers looking to either depart or return between the two cities.

NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 00:06
NASA's new infrared telescope named "SPHEREx" has officially opened its eyes to the cosmos.

New alien abduction film 'Watch the Skies' is giving us Swedish Spielberg vibes (video)

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 22:00
Check out this peek at new alien abduction thriller "Watch the Skies" coming to theaters May 9.

'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 21:22
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they'd ride on Boeing's Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight.

Delta Air Lines Plans 36% More Domestic US Widebody Flights This Summer

Aviation News - 1 April, 2025 - 21:05

American, Delta, Hawaiian, and United all deploy widebodies (aircraft with two aisles) on domestic flights. Yet using Cirium Diio data to examine every planned flight shows that only Hawaiian and Delta have increased such operations compared to last summer. This article focuses exclusively on Delta.

Rare 'double sunrise' captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos)

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 20:00
Cloud-dodging eclipse chasers in New Brunswick and Québec, Canada, captured the solar horns, reflections and all kinds of weird views as the sun rose partially eclipsed.

Déjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA's financial chief

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 19:39
President Trump has nominated space policy expert Greg Autry to be NASA's chief financial officer, as he did back in 2020 to no avail.

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