Gif: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM
A new GIF patched together from images taken by the BepiColombo spacecraft shows Earth as the European probe flew from 175,189 miles away to 79,535 miles away during a flyby on April 9.
The big picture: The craft launched toward Mercury in 2018 and will make eight more flybys — two of Venus and six of Mercury — before getting into orbit around the innermost planet in about five years.
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
Millions of angry gamers may soon join the chorus of voices calling for an antitrust crackdown on Apple, as the iPhone giant faces a new lawsuit and PR blitz from Epic Games, maker of mega-hit Fortnite.
Why it matters: Apple is one of several Big Tech firms accused of violating the spirit, if not the letter, of antitrust law. A high-profile lawsuit could become a roadmap for either building a case against tech titans under existing antitrust laws or writing new ones better suited to the digital economy.
Younger Americans are increasingly concerned that Social Security won't be enough to wholly fall back on once they retire, according to a survey conducted by AARP — in honor of today's 85th anniversary of the program — given first to Axios.
Why it matters: Young people's concerns about financial insecurity once they're on a restricted income are rising — and that generation is worried the program, which currently pays out to 65 million beneficiaries, won't be enough to sustain them.
One in four Americans is worried their ballot won't be accurately counted this year, and four in 10 worry mail-in voting could yield less reliable results, according to a new Axios-SurveyMonkey poll.
The big picture: Partisan identification is a massive driver of distrust in both categories — and the stakes are huge this year.