And astronomers have a brand-new, superpowerful eye with which to see the changing cosmos: the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile. The Rubin Observatory released its first images last week, and ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area has fended ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is starting operations in Chile, and will survey the southern night sky in detail every few days for 10 years. Astronomers are hoping to use the observatory to learn ...

The preserve was designated as an International Dark Sky Park in 2021. Valles Caldera offers 24-hour access to stargazing and a number of astronomy and night sky activities, including full moon hikes.

As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark energy and cosmic phenomena that go “bang!” ...

The observatory’s goal was not always so broad. Originally named the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), the Rubin Observatory was initially proposed as a dark-matter hunter.

Perched high in the Chilean Andes, the observatory will take hundreds of images of the southern hemisphere sky, every night for 10 years. In doing so, it will create the most complete time-lapse ...

Travel & Outdoors This Oregon destination remains a must-visit for stargazers, with or without a dark sky title Published: May. 08, 2025, 7:00 a.m.

The Adirondack Sky Center and Observatory marked Dark Sky Week last month by noting that the organization is working to have Tupper Lake, its location in the midst of the Adirondacks, designated ...

The sun, as seen from the Sunriver Nature Center and Observatory using a Televue 102 telescope on Apr. 16, 2025 in Sunriver, Ore. Kathryn Styer Martínez / OPB This week is International Dark Sky ...

Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve, which became Ireland’s first Dark Sky Reserve in 2013, incorporates approximately 700 square km of territory along the Wild Atlantic Way, including the ...