From Spider-Man to the Guardians of the Galaxy, here are the most expensive Lego Marvel sets you can get your hands on.
Why do people often adopt and develop beliefs that lack strong supporting evidence?
A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaktikos, meaning "milky," a reference to the Milky Way galaxy.
Iran has launched a trio of new satellites into space with the help of a Russian rocket, the country's state media reported Sunday (Dec. 28).
We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year. But there were a number of failures as well, some of them quite dramatic.
The image offers a rare look at how Earth's surface and atmosphere interact after sunset.
The highlights of spaceflight in 2025 have included missions to explore the Moon, Mars, and the Sun — and more is coming in the New Year.
At first glance, it seems like our understanding of physics forbids free will.
Here are the best lunar events to see in 2026, including eclipses, supermoons and conjunctions.
This lightweight medium-format powerhouse is one of the most powerful cameras you can get, but how does it work for astrophotography?
Beneath the Moon’s cratered surface lie networks of lava tubes and deep pits, natural caves that could shelter future lunar bases from cosmic radiation and wild temperature swings. These underground structures represent some of the most scientifically valuable areas in the Solar System, but they come with the very real challenge of simply getting there!
A thousand light years from Earth, something enormous is happening. The Hubble Space Telescope has captured images of the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed, a swirling mass of gas and dust that spans nearly 640 billion km. To put that in perspective, it’s 40 times wider than our entire Solar System, from the Sun to the outer edge of the Kuiper Belt where comets drift in the darkness.
Looking to watch some of the best Sci-Fi movies and shows ever without having to rely on streaming? Don't skip these out-of-this-world Blu-ray editions.
This low-cost mission is still only getting started, and it's taking bigger risks than typical big-ticket NASA missions.
At the end of their lives, most satellites fall to their death. Many of the smaller ones, including most of those going up as part of the “mega-constellations” currently under construction, are intended to burn up in the atmosphere. This Design for Demise (D4D) principle has unintended consequences, according to a paper by Antoinette Ott and Christophe Bonnal, both of whom work for MaiaSpace, a company designing reusable launch vehicles for the small satellite market.
Hunt for key terms that define one of the universe's most mind-bending phenomena—from event horizons to singularities.
We asked our staff to choose their favorite Space.com stories of 2025. Here's what we got.
Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025.
The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer (SPHEREx), which launched back in May, was designed to explore the cosmos in optical and near-infrared light. Over its planned two-year mission, this observatory will observe the entire sky using a triple-mirror telescope and mercury-cadmium-telluride photodetector arrays, allowing it to gather data on more than 450 million galaxies, including the 100 million stars in the Milky Way, to explore the origins of the Universe.
Boldly going where no Lego set has gone before, the first-ever Star Trek Lego set you can buy and it is awesome!
Test your space smarts with our weekly crossword challenge, crafted from Space.com's biggest headlines.
All Rights Reserved. 2025. SpaceZE.com
