Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is ...

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 ...

There will be three full moons during the summer. And the sky this season has a number of bright stars that form easily ...

Sometimes the best stargazing happens on ordinary nights. Late June 2025 showcases consistent cosmic rhythms: Venus is brilliant as Morning Star 2-3 hours before sunrise, Mars is red in Leo during ...

As summer unfurls its warm embrace across the Northern Hemisphere, the night sky prepares to put on a dazzling display. For stargazers and casual observers alike, the latter half of June 2025 promises ...

I was kind of offended on the alligator’s behalf with the way they talk about them,” she said. “I don’t think the alligator wants its name attached to the word Alcatraz.” ...

A 2012 bill to expand dark sky preserve designations on state land in Michigan included a one-sentence prohibition on forming any in the Upper Peninsula. Some U.P. residents want the dark sky ...

I was looking forward to writing a tribute to clear summer skies and great summer stargazing in the Pacific Northwest.

This is the time of year when the Milky Way is visible as a faint band of hazy light arching across the sky all night. Long-exposure photos make the Milky Way's bright stars and dark dust clouds ...

Felton Davis offered thousands of strangers a close-up view of the Moon and planets orbiting New York City. Now he’s passing ...