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On June 7, Colorado Springs gained its first international passenger service (Southwest to Cancun), which followed the opening of its Federal Inspection Services (FIS) facility. On the same day, Richmond regained international flights with the arrival of BermudAir. The Virginia airport last had non-US flights 11 years ago.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking the moon in 2032.

Mizar, a star in the Big Dipper's handle, has a tiny companion. This star, Alcor, was known to the ancients. The pair was popularly known as the "Horse and Rider."

Over the past few years, United Airlines has been quick to try and differentiate itself from the competition through the addition of nonstop services to new, unique destinations. The airline has become well-known for doing this on the international front, with the airline building out a healthy network of international destinations that are off the beaten path. However, the airline has been quick to find sustained success doing something similar with domestic air travel markets.

Bungie's next game is a return to the Marathon universe, but it's not what fans of the series were expecting. Here's everything we know so far.

On Sunday, June 8, a man breached security and accessed the airfield taxiway at London Heathrow Airport (LHR). He was chased down by other men and was later caught and arrested. While the incident was a serious security and safety risk, operations at the airport continued normally.

On June 5, Southwest did something unusual. It inaugurated not one or two but six West Coast routes from Baltimore,the carrier's fourth-busiest airport across its network based on daily aircraft movements. It now serves Long Beach, Ontario, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle, two of which have not previously had nonstop flights from the Maryland airport.

SpaceX launched 26 Starlink satellites to orbit from California on Sunday (June 8), on the 70th mission of 2025 for the company's Falcon 9 rocket.

On early Monday, June 9, a Qantas Airbus A380 operating flight QF2 from London Heathrow to Singapore diverted to Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport, following a medical emergency onboard. The flight crew requested an emergency landing after a passenger's health deteriorated mid-flight. The aircraft landed safely in Azerbaijan, where the medical teams were on standby to assist.

A new batch of 15 Giant Radio Galaxies, the largest of which is 12.4 light-years wide, could help reveal how black holes and galactic mergers help the universe's largest single objects grow so large.

Over the past few weeks, Air Canada has inaugurated several new or returning routes to Europe, launching flights to key leisure destinations on the continent located on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. With the newest routes, Air Canada’s network to Europe now comprises 50 routes in June.

As airlines around the world come to terms with the recent travel bans imposed by US President Donald Trump, American Airlines has asked the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) for a temporary dormancy waiver on certain Cuba-bound routes. This comes after the Trump administration announced last week that travel between the US and Cuba would be subject to partial restrictions.

NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter captures one of the Red Planet's biggest volcanoes peeking over clouds at dawn.

In May 2025, President Donald Trump announced a plan to build a missile defense system, called the Golden Dome. How exactly does it work?

Unfortunately, any work you do in the universe will have to be done the old-fashioned way.

SpaceX will launch four astronauts to the ISS on the private Ax-4 mission Wednesday morning (June 11), and you can watch the action live.

"I don't think it is an overstatement to say that morale among U.S.-based scientists is at an all-time low."

On Wednesday, June 4, Southwest Airlines senior leaders spoke at the 9th Annual Future of the Consumer Conference, an industry gathering hosted by investment bank TD Cowen. Among many things that were discussed, it became very clear that Southwest Airlines is looking to evolve away from its traditional point-to-point business model towards a more hybrid approach that incorporates greater connectivity into the picture. The airline reaffirmed that it would aim to remain the dominant point-to-point carrier in the United States.

Singapore Airlines will soon be reintroducing its flagship Airbus A380 on routes to Auckland Airport (AKL) from its hub at Singapore Changi International Airport (SIN). This change will take place during the Southern Hemisphere's summer season, from January 18 to March 29 of 2026. This will mark the first Airbus A380 service to New Zealand in nearly two years. The jet will replace the Boeing 777-300ER on Singapore Airlines Flight 285 and Singapore Airlines Flight 286.

Belarusian national carrier Belavia has somehow managed to acquire three Airbus A330-200 aircraft despite heavy Western sanctions prohibiting aircraft and jetliner components from being sold to Belarus. These large, widebody aircraft were formerly operated by Emirates and are currently around 20 years old. These jets were then sold to Magic Air, a semi-shady airline based in the Gambia that Jordanian-Syrian businessman Tarek Abdel Hamid Al Ajami runs. These aircraft were acquired originally from the bankrupt Turkish airline Onur Air around five years ago.