What is the latest data on childhood mortality rates due to firearms? What are the trends in childhood gun-deaths by race/ethnicity? Then, NASA updates us on their recent accomplishments in space. Finally, Scott Miller fills us in on the constellations and five planets we can see in the night sky in the month of June.

This episode of 'Bench Talk: The Week in Science' is dedicated to music composer Vangelis, who recently passed away. Here is the NASA video of the Jupiter flyby featuring Vangelis' music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC7OJ7gFLvE. Here is the article about childhood deaths due to firearms: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/149/3/e2021052739/184887/Pediatric-Firearm-Injury-Mortality-Epidemiology?autologincheck=redirected

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