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Telescopes always make a big showing at the Dark Sky Festival, if it has been too long since you've peered into the deeper ...
Hipcamp reveals the top dark-sky campsites across America for 2025. These spots offer amazing views of the night sky. The list includes 20 locations from California deserts to Montana lakes. These ...
As dark sky sanctuaries grow in popularity, scientists are revealing more of the benefits of darkness—from repairing DNA to improving your mental health.
Many dark sky destinations focus on reducing light pollution and infrastructure to reset the area back to its natural nighttime state.
DarkSky International is a body advocating for the mitigation of light pollution, and awarding Dark Sky accreditation to communities that follow its recommendations.
For the first time in anyone’s lifetime, the southern heavens are hosting not one but two naked-eye novae an event so rare ...
Zodiacal light over Padar Island, Indonesia. Caused by sunlight scattering off interplanetary dust, this faint glow is only visible to the human eye in very dark skies.
For Palo Alto's conservationists, the adoption of a "dark sky" law is a bright idea that is long overdue. But as the City Council prepares to adopt the ordinance, advocates, commissioners and city ...
A different kind of nightlife awaits when you road-trip out for some celestial splendor. See the best places for stargazing in dark-sky locations just miles from major cities including New York ...
Advocates push for darker skies in Central Oregon, hoping to address Bend's "sky glow" or ambient light pollution.
How legendary dark-sky advocate David Crawford sparked the fight against light pollution Crawford, one of the founders of the movement to save the night sky, died July 22, but his legacy has never ...