Cosmologist Katie Mack breaks down what the latest findings about dark energy mean for our universe’s future. Either way, it ...

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 ...

Northern Minnesota is home to some of the darkest and most pristine night skies in the United States. The Boundary Waters ...

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 ...

Dr. Lawless International Dark Sky Park in Jones is open late all week for dark sky demonstration and viewing.

Monday marks the beginning of International Dark Sky Week, a time to highlight the value of keeping the night sky dark and to ...

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.

Most of the day? Cloudy—Real cloudy. But as the moon crossed in front of the sun the sky cleared just enough to see the totality and the sun’s corona. Here I am in the path of totality.