SEQUIM — International Dark Sky Week, billed as “a worldwide celebration of the dark and natural night” by Dark Sky International, will be celebrated today through April 28. During the past century, ...

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 ...

You might remember last September, when Beaver Island was designated a Dark Sky Sanctuary, one of only 22 in the world. Well, I came back to the island to celebrate another milestone, the Michigan ...

ALPENA, MI – These three state parks along the Lake Huron shoreline are home to designated dark sky preserves, great places to see the Northern Lights and other sky events. There’s a chance to see the ...

THE WINTERTIME WEEKEND... has become a telescope-laden tradition for astronomers and astronomy buffs alike. You can be a know-it-all about nebulae — and if you are, we're awesomely impressed — or you ...

Breckenridge has been officially designated a Dark Sky Community, becoming the first resort town in Colorado to receive the recognition from DarkSky International. The designation follows years of ...

JULIAN, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — Under the dark night skies in the rural hills of Julian, the annual Perseids meteor shower returns to light up the night at the San Diego Dark Sky Festival on Saturday, ...

In a world that's growing brighter by the year, one small gold rush town is working to keep its night dark and its skies full of stars. Something unique about Nevada City is that it still uses ...

This rare lunar occurrence is coming at the perfect time. The seasonal “Black Moon” will appear – or rather, not appear – tonight, during one of the final nights of the Perseid meteor shower, ...

A Milky Way star cloud filled with billions of suns hovers above the treeline at the end of dusk on Oct. 28. Under dark skies away from city lights, like those found in western Oklahoma and other ...

In April 2021, astronomy educator John Heasley set out to see just how dark the skies were in southwestern Wisconsin's Vernon County. He measured the brightness of the night sky in three public ...