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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the flagship Chandra X-ray observatory, NASA has released 25 never-before-seen images of iconic astronomical objects.

The U.S. just suffered its second-hottest June in 130 years. The month also featured four new billion-dollar weather and climate disasters.

Astronomers have detected 21 rare systems with widely separated neutron stars and sun-like stars. These binaries are "one in a million" and challenge dead star binary formation models.

Described as "high-speed internet on the go," SpaceX's Starlink Mini is now available from coast to coast, bringing users a world-wide connection from space.

SpaceX has won a $113 million contract to launch NOAA's JPSS-4 climate and weather satellite. Liftoff is targeted for 2027.

The JWST's infrared vision has seen deep into the stormy atmosphere of two brown dwarfs that form the third closest system to the sun.

A missing link black hole that sits in the mass gap between stellar-mass black holes and supermassive black holes is "parked" right by the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*.

An interview with NASA astronaut Nicole Stott for her 'Space Cadet' Hollywood advisory work.

Satellites in SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation made nearly 50,000 collision-avoidance maneuvers in the last six months, about double the number made in the previous half-year.

Disney magic meets drone technology in new nighttime spectacular that includes fan-favorite characters from Star Wars, Marvel and more.

A review of HBO’s new documentary "Wild Wild Space," which chronicles the private space race via three of its high-profile players.

A primer for the upcoming Paramount+ streaming film, 'Star Trek: Section 31"

An interview with showrunners Dean Devlin and Jonathan Glassner for "The Ark" season 2.

NASA announced it has ended the VIPER rover project, which was intended to explore the moon in search of ice near the lunar south pole.

We've picked out 25 skywatching targets to celebrate Space.com's 25th anniversary. Can you catch them all?

It will take some time for the ISS to come down to Earth in the 2030s. NASA says it will take about 12 to 18 months to naturally fall back to our planet before a new SpaceX deorbit vehicle pushes it back into Earth's atmosphere.

"The Acolyte" sticks the landing with a strong season 1 finale that gives closure to the main plot while offering a look at the series' future.

A tidally locked gas giant experiences eternal sunshine on one side, and eternal darkness on the other.

Get these attractive, yet rugged, waterproof and fog-proof binoculars before they return to full price tomorrow.

The Best Prime Day binocular deals to snap up before midnight tonight (July 17)

The lava tube is likely one of many on the lunar surface.