This Wyoming airport took impressive steps to reduce light pollution and earned a rare certification for its efforts to ...

As the Vera C. Rubin Observatory surveys the night sky, astrophysicists expect to unlock the secrets of dark matter, dark ...

The never-before-seen "nova," dubbed V462 Lupi, recently appeared in the constellation Lupus, after suddenly becoming 4 ...

As private companies launch vast networks of satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), the astronomical community faces an ...

“This will mark the beginning of a new era in astronomy and astrophysics,” the Rubin team announced ahead of the unveiling.

On a trip to Maine’s Mount Desert Island, Dinaw Mengestu and his family had an ambitious, high-energy itinerary that included ...

From deep blue night skies to flowering yellows that attract bees, from the fiery reds of blood to the orange of roaring ...

Azure —A French girl’s name meaning “sky blue.” Cerulean — This boy’s name means “deep sky-blue.” The color played an ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Skywatchers across central Wisconsin can look forward to a spectacular week of celestial activity, ...

A fortunate dozen spent a night with the 4.3-meter Lowell Discovery Telescope, happy to be gazing at some great deep-sky ...

The storm cast this already virtually soundless vista into absolute silence—exactly what I’d come to Iceland with Tom Marchant, cofounder of luxury travel outfitter Black Tomato, to find. It’s “a ...

Dark-sky preserves are considered protected areas that try to reduce light pollution and preserve the night sky for animals ... "Bright white gives off a lot of blue light and blue light is ...