Complicated physics makes these molecules scatter more blue ... At night, after the sun sets and its scattered light diminishes, the sky gets darker. But does it get completely dark—that is ...

Welcome to the August night sky! We’re fast approaching ... bands of color in the eastern sky at sunset or the western sky at sunrise? The dark blue band stretching 180 degrees along the horizon ...

which renders many deep sky objects and stars lost to sight. To celebrate International Dark Sky Week 2025, we've put together a list of 10 night sky objects visible over the coming days that ...

Aotearoa New Zealand officially celebrates Matariki for the fourth time, marked by the reappearance in the night sky of the ...

Stars can be blue ... dark low in the southeastern sky. Although Sirius is predominantly a white star, you may also notice it twinkling red, white and blue. When stars appear lower in the night ...

If the effort is successful, Point Reyes would become only the third Dark Sky Reserve ... and drawing the night sky by hand and what it means to realize that the blue jay outside your window ...

As dark sky sanctuaries grow in popularity ... as well as to our deep-rooted fear of all things that go bump in the night.

Amateur astronomers who follow night ... as a dark sky is the condition of the air above us. Cloudless skies with low humidity are most desirable. Afternoons with clear deep blue skies with ...

But for a truly wonder-filled experience, consider seeking out one of our dark sky parks or preserves. Dark sky parks really shine a light (so to speak) on the night sky, allowing us to gather and ...