A full moon rises of British Columbia, Canada. (Nick Fitzhardinge/Getty Images) At a Glance Some places will experience a supermoon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse on the same night.A supermoon appears up to 30 percent brighter and up to 14 percent larger than normal.A blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. Stargazers are in for a quadruple treat in January:two supermoons,a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse will adorn the night sky....

The appropriately-named Halloween asteroid will whiz past Earth in November. ...

A SpaceX rocket launches a secret satellite into orbit from Florida. ...

The image above shows an ancient rock carved with what is likely the oldest-known sky chart and depiction of a supernova. (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) At a Glance An ancient rock carving may be the oldest known sky chart and depiction of a supernova. The carving was discovered in Kashmir, India, at a site dating back to 2100 BC. It initially appeared to be a hunting scene, but scientists believe it is a record of a supernova. A rock...

The process of building the world’s largest telescope is a marvel in engineering. ...

The process to disperse water in the upper atmosphere during the Super Soaker mission is tested at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. ...

The image above shows an artist's rendition of the K2-138 system, the first multi-planet system ever discovered through crowdsourcing research. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) At a Glance Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a five-planet solar system.The system is the first of its kind to ever be discovered through crowdsourcing research.The planets are circling the star K2-138.There may even be even more undetected planets orbiting within the system. What appears to be a five-planet solar system has been spotted orbiting a star,...

American Girl unveils new astronaut doll to inspire girls to get involved in STEM. ...

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...