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While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...
While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area has fended ...
Stephen Hummel, the dark skies coordinator at McDonald Observatory, says that, on average, people can see about 10% fewer stars than the year before. But the Big Bend area in Texas has fended off ...
The McDonald Geodetic Observatory, a radio telescope, points into the night sky after the end of a Star Party at McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.
Enjoy shimmering constellations without venturing into remote landscapes at an underrated dark sky park just outside of ...
A lodging in New South Wales has become the first to be internationally recognised as "dark-sky" accommodation, where ...
"I just feel like I'm in a dream whenever I look up here." About 75,000 people attend the observatory's "star-parties" throughout the year and take in the region's famously dark skies.
About 75,000 people attend the observatory’s “star-parties” throughout the year and take in the region’s famously dark skies. “It makes me feel kind of small – not insignificant, but small, just part ...
About 75,000 people attend the observatory's "star parties" throughout the year and take in the region's famously dark skies. "It makes me feel kind of small — not insignificant, but small, just ...
Tucson’s skies are slightly darker thanks to the completed streetlight conversion project, according to a study by the Tucson-based International Dark-Sky Association. The study, however, was ...
It features a rooftop dark sky planetarium, a two-story interactive exhibit hall designed to engage young kids, and a 180-seat theater with a two-story 160-degree curved LED screen, a ceiling LED ...