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NASA's Nick Hague and Suni Williams will service the X-ray telescope attached to the ISS during a 6.5-hour-long spacewalk today (Jan. 16). Watch it live.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intercepted 6,678 weapons at airport checkpoints in the United States in 2024, which is a slight drop from the 6,737 that were intercepted in 2022, the agency said in a press release. Despite the small decline, it illustrates the persistent worry about people bringing guns to airport security checks. Notably, 94% of the guns that were seized were loaded, posing a serious risk to passenger and TSA personnel safety.

The ride today bears little resemblance to actual spaceflight. But in the 50 years Space Mountain has been running, there have been and still are several nods to NASA.

How a kitsch "Star Wars" cash-in spawned a bona fide sci-fi classic. So say we all!

We explore seven of the best solar eclipses to look out for over the next 10 years.

Approximately 5.9 million passengers flew between the US and India in the 12 months to July 2024, equivalent to more than 16,000 people daily. Approximately 86 in 100 passengers connected to another flight en route, especially in the Gulf and European hubs.

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a snapshot of a rare supernova that sits in the Gemini constellation, about 650 million light-years away from Earth.

2025 is starting with sustainability for the F-35 Enterprise led by Lockheed Martin. In a pleasantly surprising January 15 statement, Lockheed Martin announced that the Norwegian Air Force is conducting operational flights with Sustainable Aviation Fuel or SAF.

The James Webb Space Telescope's ancient "little red dot" galaxies have been seen as a sign of "broken cosmology." Feeding supermassive black holes may have come to the rescue.

The Icelandic low-cost carrier PLAY's first passenger-carrying flight was in June 2021. In the following three and a half years, it prioritized growth but has recently switched to a greater emphasis on financial results.

JetBlue has announced its new summer schedule, which includes route additions from Boston, New York, and cities in New England, namely Providence, Rhode Island, and Hartford, Connecticut.

Director Fede Alvarez spoke to Empire about fixing the controversial CGI of Rook in Alien: Romulus.

Goodnight Gaia. The European Space Agency star-tracking satellite ceased operations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, after 12 years of mapping the Milky Way.

Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines is improving its loyalty offerings with the launch of free seat upgrades for Elite Status members. The change marks the first significant update of the year, which the airline promises is only the first of "several exciting innovations" coming in 2025 as part of the carrier's 'The New Frontier' rebrand.

A composition photo of images taken during the lunar occultation on Jan. 4 captures the progression of the moon moving in front of Saturn, briefly hiding it from viewers on Earth.

From magnification to light-gathering, here’s how to make the decision between buying a telescope or a monocular for stargazing and astronomy.

In its final episode, Skeleton Crew sticks the landing with lots of action and some genuinely tense moments, but its answers are limited.

Southwest Airlines has introduced cost-cutting measures in 2025, with the company’s leadership aiming to improve shareholder returns in the near future.

Thanks to the relaunch of flights to Libya's Benghazi, Turkish Airlines now has scheduled passenger flights to 51 African airports from its Istanbul Airport hub. According to Cirium Diio information, it last served Benghazi in 2014, when the civil war meant it suspended operations. I am sure it will be in my next jam-packed Weekly Routes article!

A massive white dwarf and a sun-like "blue lurker" star tell a remarkable story of what was once a triple-star system in the M67 cluster.