The Milky Way's closest neighbor shines in a spectacular new astrophotography portrait. Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a stunning image of our neighboring spiral galaxy, Andromeda, ...

The typical blue spiral galaxy (top) continues to form stars actively until it collides with another galaxy. At that point, an active galactic nucleus (AGN) is formed that depletes the galaxy of dust, ...

Nov. 17: The Leonid Meteor Shower should be best from 1 a.m. to dawn. Under dark sky conditions, the Leonids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 15 meteors per hour. Nov. 5: Full hunter supermoon — ...

November’s night skies are grand, festive and bright in many places, quiet and contemplative in others. Both tempers are ...