Back on the evening of May 10 a rare display of the aurora borealis splashed color across the skies of our area. Amateur astronomers who follow night sky happenings knew the first thing they needed to ...

Discover the best dark sky preserves for autumn stargazing, from Utah’s canyons to Pennsylvania’s forests, perfect for meteor showers and cosmic wonder.

Have you ever seen the Milky Way? Only 20 percent of people in the U.S. live in a location where they can. Away from light pollution, the wide, ghostly band almost looks like clouds, and the stars ...

Go stargazing in this small Oregon town featured in a Netflix series. It put in a lot of work to ensure that visitors can ...

Glen Hvenegaard received support for this project from the University of Alberta’s Augustana Faculty Research Committee through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. University of ...

A few summers ago, walking back from the pub at night, I happened to look up and was astonished to see the Milky Way cast clearly across the sky. I was just a couple of miles from my home in Brighton ...

Astrotourism is coming to Canada, thanks to an ambitious plan for a chain of six dark-sky sites along 100 miles of the spectacular Bay of Fundy coastline. As a crescent moon sank into the forest, I ...

If you're looking for a summer getaway to enjoy stargazing, Michigan offers plenty of remote areas to check out. Michigan's four internationally recognized dark sky areas are part of DarkSky ...

California leads nation in meteor sightings with a 6.68% probability rate. State features 7 Bortle 1 and 32 Bortle 2 dark sky sites for optimal viewing. High elevation and 45 observatories boost ...