The physics & astronomy professor joins an international team in detecting solar neutrinos, advancing search for elusive dark ...

The weeklong celebration from April 21-28 focuses on combating light pollution and conserving dark nighttime conditions, per the dark sky week website. In Michigan, explorers can visit dark sky parks ...

Opinion: This week, communities worldwide are celebrating International Dark Sky Week, a reminder that protecting the night ...

It’s International Dark Sky Week, a worldwide celebration that was started in 2003 to raise awareness about light pollution.

Spanning approximately 220,000 light-years across, the Andromeda Galaxy is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also ...

The city council proclaimed that the city will observe "Dark Sky Week," encouraging residents to turn out the lights to see ...

From Lowell Observatory to Kitt Peak to Mount Graham, here are the 11 best planetariums and observatories in Arizona and ...

For the majority of its existence, half of humanity’s lived experience was after dark. The night sky helped humans mark time, predict weather, signal seasons, and make sense of humanity’s ...

Lowell Observatory Director of Science Gerard van Belle in Arizona said astronomers know this event will unfold in the night sky soon(ish) because it has happened before and is so bright it can be ...

It is not as strong as the sun, but fitted with a powerful 3,333-watt light source—the equivalent of a typical flood lamp in a stadium—it is enough to turn night into day instantaneously.

Also known as the 'Paschal Moon,' April's full 'Pink Moon' will rise alongside Spica, one of the brightest stars in the night sky, on April 12.

On Fridays this month, the UW-Milwaukee planetarium's "Stars in the Tropics" takes stargazers to cities near the equator for a different perspective on the night sky. While we’re certainly not ...