The Discussion: Pint of Science in Cardiff targets canines, Ralph makes a schoolboy error while in Florida and we all eagerly await the publication of a research paper by Jen.

The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have:

• More disturbing news about the climate on Earth-analogue, Venus
• TESS discovers a planetary system around a visual binary star in Fornax.
• The Andromeda & Triangulum galaxies are hiding quasars
• New research shows the mechanism by how Pluto could harbour oceans
• A better understanding of past ice ages on Mars
• More ridiculous ways to not find dark matter
• The race to analyse meteorites at Arizona State University.

Main news story: Mr Musk’s Splendiferous Starlink.

The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in June:

Jen: Mars and Mercury as the stand-out objects in the lighter summer skies of June and a good opportunity to look out for noctilucent clouds at dawn and dusk.

Ralph: A round up of the other bright planets on offer in June and a certain satellite constellation now observable…

Main Object: the Eagle Nebula in the constellation Serpens.