A giant space rock will get a little too close for comfort! ...

No one is sure exactly where a Chinese space station will come crashing back to Earth in the next few months. ...

3D designer Alvaro Gracia Montoya illustrates the sizes of the different objects in our solar system. ...

The image above shows an artist's rendition of lasers blasting space debris. (NASA/Fulvio314) At a Glance Researchers in China have suggested lasers to combat the issue of space debris.Hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk are clogging outer space.Scientists say the lasers could work if they have the right angle. Junk-blasting lasers could be the solution to the hundreds of thousands of pieces of debris circling our planet, a recent study suggested. Researchers from China’s Air Force Engineering University’s...

Illustration of SES-14, a commercial communications satellite that will carry NASA's GOLD instrument. (NASA Goddard's Conceptual Image Lab/Chris Meaney) At a Glance NASA's GOLD instrument will study the interplay between Earth's upper atmosphere and the lowest reaches of space.It is the first NASA science mission to fly an instrument as a commercially hosted payload. A satellite hosting NASA's new instrument to study the edge of the Earth's atmosphere successfully reached orbit Thursday, after a communication glitch led scientists to fear...

At a Glance A draft budget request suggests funding for the International Space Station may be halted by 2025.President Donald Trump has set goals to resume manned lunar missions in the coming years.The money used to fund the ISS could be used for these trips to the moon instead. The International Space Station's days might be numbered, as President Donald Trump has hinted at a shift in funding that would prioritize manned missions to the moon. A draft budget request...

At a Glance Not everyone will be able to see the total lunar eclipse.A blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. Editor's note:Join meteorologist Kait Parker and astronomer John Gianforte for a live look at the lunar eclipse on The Weather Channel app. The show begins 7:30 a.m. EST Wednesday. Stargazers are in for a rare treat next week that hasn't been witnessed in more than 100 years. A total lunar eclipse Jan. 31 should be...

A pyrocumulonimbus cloud is seen over Argentina in an image acquired Jan. 29, 2018. (NASA) At a Glance A NASA satellite spotted a pyrocumulonimbus cloud over Argentina on Monday.The cloud was above a large wildfire burning in the La Pampa Province.Forests and grasslands are burned by thousands of wildfires each year in Argentina. Argentina's wildfire season has – yet again – devastated thousands of square miles in forests and grasslands, marching across the landscape in unstoppable fashion. Each year, some...

A super blue blood moon offered skygazers across the U.S. a triple treat early Wednesday. ...

Photos from the Curiosity rover showcase a stunning vista from Mars’ Gale crater. ...

YouTuber Yeti Dynamics imagines if the Moon orbited at the same height as the ISS. ...

Japan’s space agency said it successfully launched the world’s smallest satellite-carrying rocket. The rocket was about the size of a utility pole, measuring around 33 feet in length and about 20 inches in diameter. It carried a microsatellite weighing about 6 and a half pounds. It will collect imagery of the Earth’s surface. ...