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 and ...

One look at a light pollution map Dark Sky Map can be pretty upsetting. Whole swaths of the earth, especially in North America, Europe and Asia have basically erased the night sky. Probably the only ...

Only a lucky few get to see a view this gorgeous. If you live somewhere that's too bright to enjoy the stars, you're definitely not alone. Light pollution is rampant, and it can make stargazing nearly ...

Glacier National Park is an International Dark Sky Sanctuary. Visitors can see the Milky Way from St. Mary’s Glacier, pictured here. (Photo by Ray Stinson, National Park Service.) Editor’s Note: This ...

Unplug at the Sunset Dome, a unique Maryland Airbnb farm stay. Enjoy incredible dark sky views from your bed.

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) is set to brighten the October sky, and astronomy experts have shared the best times and directions to spot this rare celestial visitor.

MACKINAW CITY, MICH. -- The magic at Headlands International Dark Sky Park isn’t just in the starry nighttime sky. The stargazing park on Lake Michigan has more than five miles of trails winding ...

Next year about this time, if all goes well, Virginia will have a new festival. It will be at Bark Camp Lake, a secluded part of the Thomas Jefferson National Forest in Scott County, roughly between ...

On a quiet mountaintop in southern Arizona, 5,000 robotic eyes scan the sky every night, each locking onto a galaxy billions of light-years away. This interesting instrument, called DESI, has now ...

Park officials learned two things: Their park fell under the coveted “purple” zone on the astronomers’ “Dark Sky Finder” map. Furthermore, by making a few modest changes — mostly switching to ...