This Dark Sky Finder maps out light pollution in the U.S. to help you find the best places to stargaze. Dark Sky Finder is a heat map for light pollution and shows you where it’s worst and where ...

Stephen Hummel, Dark Sky Specialist at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, which saw 80,000-100,000 annual visitors pre-pandemic, confirms it's still been busy.

Skidmore Apps’ Dark Sky Finder for iPad or iPhone contains light-pollution maps and hundreds of dark-sky sites for observing. Each site description includes directions, user reviews, camping ...

The International Dark-Sky Association's accredited "Dark Sky Places" provide visitors with the sparkling views of the night sky that our recent ancestors enjoyed as a matter of course.

I remember the first time I saw a truly dark sky. My parents had sent 12-year-old me to a summer camp in the mountains of central Virginia. I’d grown up in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, where ...

Dark Sky Parks make up the bulk of the program and they can take anywhere between 18 months to 10 years to go through the rigorous application process.

Geauga Observatory park. The Geauga Observatory Park, located in Montville Township in Geauga County, stakes its claim in Ohio as the one of two IDSP sites in the state, selected as a dark sky ...

T.K. Lawless International Dark Sky Park: After years of effort, this spot in southwestern Lower Michigan became the state’s second International Dark Sky Park in 2020.

Joshua Tree during a dark-sky photography workshop, lead by the Desert Institute. (Julia Carmel / Los Angeles Times) By Julia Carmel Staff Writer . Oct. 10, 2023 3 AM PT .

Not only does Dark Sky have the flattened, elegant look you expect from an iOS 7-specific app, it has features that should have been included in Apple's weather app to begin with.

Kevin Bowman vividly remembers when he first saw the Milky Way. It was at Sky Meadows State Park, near Front Royal, Va., where Bowman is a park ranger. Only an hour outside of D.C., the sparsely ...

Colorado residents and visitors who tilt their heads skyward after dark this July will witness awe-inspiring astrological ...