A clear, dark night sky is becoming a protected resource, with growing light pollution erasing our views of the cosmos. In ...

Following years of tension over border wall construction and damaged Indigenous sites, this National Monument has officially ...

Wales' Gower National Landscape is now protected as a Dark Sky Community, ensuring Milky Way views like this for generations to cem. Wales’ Gower Peninsula has been designated as an International Dark ...

Did you know we have a Solar System Ambassador? Did you know we're not far away from the largest known impact crater in the United States? Do you want to know what it's like to be an astronaut? or ...

Spring is known as “galaxy season,” but that’s not all April’s nightscapes have in store. Here’s what to find while you’re stargazing this month, plus when and where to look. A full “pink” moon rises ...

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you should be looking up. The Milky Way and its core region in constellations ...

Shenandoah National Park will celebrate the annual Night Sky Festival, August 11-13, 2023. Featured speakers, including amateur astronomers, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Solar ...

Standing under the night skies in North America pointing out stars with Arabic names and constellations that fit Greek mythology — many derived from Babylonian and Egyptian star knowledge — seems ...

This October, the astronomy world will be abuzz with night-sky happenings, from a bright and potentially naked-eye-visible comet sighting and a ring-of-fire solar eclipse to multiple meteor showers ...

If capturing a striking landscape photo during the day is daunting, doing the same at night can seem downright impossible. Not so, according to renowned Canadian photographer and Olympus Visionary ...