"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" Season 4 blasts off on July 23, 2026.

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2026 is the 60th anniversary of "Star Trek". To help celebrate the show that creator Gene Roddenberry described as "Wagon Train to the Stars,""Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" returns to Paramount+ for its penultimate season.From teasers and trailers that first dropped last summer and fall, we’re anticipating a rollicking batch of dynamic episodes that draw on diverse subgenres, with everything from classic film noir crime stories and time travel to spooky ghost stories and sword-clashing swashbucklers.But the end is nigh for this colorful modern interpretation of "Trek". Next year's truncated fifth season will be the crew's final mission, so let's revel in the time we have left and beam onto the Enterprise bridge for a promising round of missions. Here's our guide to everything you need to know about "Strange New Worlds" Season 4. Hit it!When is the "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" Season 4 release date?

An exotic scene from Episode 401 titled "Valles Marineris" (Image credit: Paramount)"Strange New Worlds" season 4 premieres Thursday, July 23, 2026, exclusively on Paramount+ in the US, Canada, and the UK with the first of 10 weekly episodes.Fans can catch up and binge on all three previous seasons on the streaming platform. There are 30 previous sci-fi excursions into the known and unknown corners of the vast universe.Forthcoming episodes of "Strange New Worlds" will land each Thursday after that, with the season finale warping into your living rooms on Sept. 24, 2026. Not signed up yet? We’ve got you covered with links to help get you up and running!How to watch "Strange New Worlds" Season 4