Snow Canyon State Park in Ivins has been designated an International Dark Sky Destination, recognizing years of work to ...

City staff members are working on a "dark sky" ordinance and a sustainability plan for Jefferson City. The Jefferson City Council's Public Works and Planning Committee voted to direct staff members to ...

When you go outside on a clear, moonless night, you can see not only lots of stars but also the black space between them—literally space, in this case. Given that you can see stars and that the sky is ...

Astrotourism is coming to Canada, thanks to an ambitious plan for a chain of six dark-sky sites along 100 miles of the spectacular Bay of Fundy coastline. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Oregon is noted for having the largest dark sky sanctuary in the world, as well as the best national park in the US for stargazing, and now, multiple towns are being recognized as official dark sky ...

As the glow of artificial light has spread across the world, the number of places dark enough to see a sky rich with stars has shrunk. In North America and across Oregon, only a small percentage of ...

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If you seek inky black skies to serve as a backdrop for constellations or meteor showers in Michigan, cross the Mackinac Bridge. The Upper Peninsula harbors some of the state’s darkest areas, ...

Back on the evening of May 10 a rare display of the aurora borealis splashed color across the skies of our area. Amateur astronomers who follow night sky happenings knew the first thing they needed to ...

On New Year’s Day, weather nerds wept. That’s when Dark Sky, the original and beloved hyperlocal weather app and website, went away. Dec. 31, 2022, was the last day you could use either the iOS app or ...

Glen Hvenegaard received support for this project from the University of Alberta’s Augustana Faculty Research Committee through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. University of ...