"Light pollution from projects like INNA doesn't just hinder research, it steals our shared view of the universe." ...

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth, where "the sky shines when the sun sets", said The Guardian.

The universe is ballooning outward at an ever-faster clip under the power of an unknown force dubbed dark energy. One of the ...

Where are the best places to view the night sky? There is a slew of dark sky-viewing opportunities across the national parks system, research observatories and star parties – public nighttime ...

The Appalachian Mountain Club’s Maine Woods Initiative is a 404 square kilometer area of land in the 100-Mile Wilderness. It ...

New results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that the unknown force accelerating the expansion of ...

Our night skies are a beautiful canvas to the great galaxies beyond. We look up at the expanse and marvel at the different ...

On Rum, Europe’s newest dark-sky sanctuary ... Vega, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, shone above the horizon, brilliant against the blackness. Astronomers measure the darkness ...

Created from debris trails from Halley’s Comet, the eta Aquariids can be seen from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres ...

Sara Sami remembers the first time she really saw the stars ... led interest in dark sky preservation, he adds. However, motivations aside, the preservation of the night sky and a more ...

There is a new trend in travel and tourism, and some Arizona locations are set to try to take advantage of it.

It's easy to get lost in a clear night sky full of stars. It can feel like a random mess of lights without a little guidance.