America's most beautiful remote stargazing spots will not only offer incredible views of the night sky in a feeling of solitude, but will also make you feel small in the best way, reminded of your ...

A conjunction between a crescent moon and Mars joins an ongoing display of 'shooting stars,' making July 28 one of the best ...

The small town of Bluff in southeastern Utah — near several national monuments including Bears Ears — has been granted a new ...

On the first night of the new moon, I gaze at the sky from a campsite in Northern California. The night is so black that when I hold out my hand, I can’t see my fingertips. It’s not just an ...

A decently dark site in a rural area has a sky background of about 21 mag/arcsec 2. In the Rocky Mountains in Colorado I’ve been to sites a bit darker than this, and it’s truly spectacular.

Martha Ferguson is passionate about observing and enjoying what the night sky has to offer. From viewing constellations to watching the moon rise, it is one of the things she loves about living in the ...

Of course the sky is dark at night.” But that answer is wrong or, at best, incomplete, and the actual situation wasn’t obvious even to eminent scientists a century or so ago.