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The bright constellations of winter have departed in the west, while the stars of spring are climbing the eastern and southern skies.

In order to tackle the issues of air traffic control staff shortages and insufficient training found in recent years, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun delivering Tower Simulation Systems (TSS) to increase the number of sufficiently trained staff available to airports. The FAA announced the continued rollout of TSS, which is part of US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s plan to increase air controller staff levels.

Exactly 88 years ago, United Airlines operated its first flight from Denver. Since the airline launched operations out of the Mile High City, the carrier has continued to grow its presence in the market, and it is today the largest airline operating flights to and from Denver International Airport (DEN). A legacy carrier, United Airlines, efficiently serves the business travel demand that flies in and out of Denver while catering to regional traffic connecting through the hub.

British Airways has been fined $4.2 million (£3.2 million) after two baggage handlers were injured in separate falls at London Heathrow Airport. The incidents occurred in 2022 and 2023 and involved staff members using aircraft-loading equipment that lacked proper safety protection.

An Air Canada flight from Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) was forced to divert to St John's due to an unruly passenger onboard. The flight eventually continued to its destination but arrived about three hours past its scheduled time.

May is a critical month for route launches between the US and Europe, especially from May 20 onwards. It's ahead of the all-important peak summer with the highest traffic and fares. Examining every service shows that 27 routes will begin this month, excluding seasonal resumptions. They include two one-offs: Global Airlines Airbus A380 service from Glasgow and Manchester to New York JFK.

We talked with author Peter F. Hamilton about Exodus: The Archimedes Engine, a prequel novel to the sci-fi RPG video game Exodus.

NASA's Perseverance rover captured Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons, shining in the pre-dawn sky over the Red Planet on March 1, 2025.

During the pandemic, as some airlines struggled for survival, some saw opportunities to begin something that, under different circumstances, perhaps would not have been viable. One of those examples is Norse Atlantic, the long-haul low-cost carrier, which took over Norwegian’s Boeing 787s to have another shot at making the long-haul low-cost business model work.

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California today (May 16).

NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch its Aspera smallsat mission, which will study gases in the vast regions of space between galaxies.

New radio observations of the star HW2 show one of the fastest growth rates ever recorded, shedding light on how massive stars form from swirling gas disks.

Max, soon to be HBO Max again, Disney Plus and Hulu are the ultimate sci-fi streaming bundle for 2025: Stream Andor, Alien: Earth, Star Wars, Peacemaker and more for less.

Blast off for less with the best model rocket deals as we've rounded up the biggest offers on the best sets from top manufacturers on Amazon, Walmart, Kohl's and more.

The Council on Foreign Relations released a new report calling for the United States to make space a top national priority.

Space weather and cyberattacks can cause similar disruption to our civilization's indispensable technology systems. Telling one from the other swiftly and reliably can make billions of dollars' worth of difference.

Scientists have found a neutrino that could come from a gamma-ray burst, an active black hole or a collision between a cosmic ray and photons in the cosmic microwave background.

Australian company Gilmour Space stood down from the debut launch of its Eris rocket today (May 15), and it's unclear when the pioneering vehicle will take to the skies.

Norway has added its name to the growing list of nations signing onto NASA's Artemis Accords, continuing the space agency's efforts to establish internationally cooperative space exploration.

NASA engineers have miraculously revived the Voyager 1 interstellar probe's backup thrusters — components that hadn't been used since 2004.