A truly dark night sky is getting harder and harder to find. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When I was a young boy growing ...

It didn’t have to look this way. In a never-beginning and never-ending universe, the sky would look blindingly bright. Pixabay. You might have wondered why the sky is blue.Or what gives sunsets ...

The night sky isn’t perfectly dark—instead it glows faintly, and the source isn’t exactly local By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings Zodiacal light over Padar Island, Indonesia.

In a 2023 survey of 634 visitors of nine International Dark Sky Parks, 61.8% of Utah's state and national park visitors participated in a night sky recreation activity.

The International Dark-Sky Association's accredited "Dark Sky Places" provide visitors ... away from the relative safety of the ocean. ... light at night – particularly blue-rich ...

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, ME - APRIL 23: The Milky Way shines above the ocean off the coast of Acadia ... More National Park in the early morning hours of Monday, April 23, 2018. Night skies in ...

What To Watch For In The Night Sky This Week: April 5-11, 2021 It’s International Dark Sky Week , which for the second year in a row will be a virtual event.

Since the 1980s, I’ve gotten special permission to be at the top of Grandfather Mountain in western North Carolina for all-night viewing and photography of the night sky.