Nebulas are more than just pretty space clouds - they're full of strange, powerful forces. Each type holds clues to how the ...

Derek Wallentinsen stood atop Inscription Rock in El Morro National Monument on the night of May 23, 2019, taking photographs of the star-filled sky to document the darkness. A ranger at the time, he ...

Without a view of the stars at night, Don McLean would never have been able to write Vincent and Vincent van Gogh would not ...

South Dakota is home to some of the darkest skies in the country, providing an ideal backdrop for amateur astronomers and ...

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the summer constellations will be rising.

Two days after its new phase, the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky while the summer constellations will be rising.

Astrotourism is growing in popularity as more people seek out dark skies to experience celestial wonders. National parks and designated Dark Sky Places offer excellent opportunities for stargazing ...

The expansion of the Dark Sky Certification Mentor Program to Colorado’s state parks grew out of the CTO’s Destination Stewardship Strategic Plan, which aims to balance quality of life for ...

This week, Browns Canyon National Monument, a 21,586-acre protected natural area in central Colorado, achieved International Dark Sky Park certification ...

Colorado has a new International Dark Sky Park. That's an exclusive, metrics-driven designation by DarkSky International, the organization raising awareness around light pollution and adding ...

Of course the sky is dark at night.” But that answer is wrong or, at best, incomplete, and the actual situation wasn’t obvious even to eminent scientists a century or so ago.

At night, after the sun sets and its scattered light diminishes, the sky gets darker. But does it get completely dark—that is, with absolutely no light coming from between the stars? Nope.