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To celebrate our 25th anniversary, Space.com is running a weeklong special report on some of our favorite topics of space exploration.

Twenty-five years ago this week, on July 20, 1999, Space.com went live for the very first time and what a trip its been in space.

The first big meteor shower of the summer is set to peak midnight on Tuesday. Here’s how to spot it

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Thompson reveals what it was like to work on two of Michael Jackson's biggest tracks

The composition and great density of 'hot Saturn' exoplanet Smertrios are a challenge to planet formation models that the detection of water may help solve.

New study suggests dark comets may have contributed to Earth's water. Main Asteroid Belt likely source. Hayabusa2 mission to provide insights.

Explore the captivating world of red sprites, natural phenomena linked to lightning storms, as astronaut Matthew Dominick captures their beauty from the In...

For the past few weeks, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck on the International Space Station (ISS) after the first crewed voyage of Boeing’s new Starliner spacecraft hit a snag. Concerns raised by Boeing and Nasa over thruster problems and several helium leaks (helium is used…