Bellis and other volunteers from the group helped visitors view sights like the moon, Mars, and the Hercules Cluster, a tight ...

The Adirondack region is taking steps to preserve its dark night skies, with a proposed bill aiming to reduce light pollution across New York State ...

When millions of people turn off their lights for Earth Hour each year, something remarkable happens in the night sky above ...

Lightning bug populations may be on the decline in Illinois and the U.S. Here's a look at why and how you can help.

There are several reasons why some places might be seeing more of these glowy beetles this summer. The first is wet weather.

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, July 4Mercury reaches its greatest eastern elongation (26°) from the Sun at 1 A.M. EDT this morning. You can view the tiny planet in the ...

On the night of July 15, a striking conjunction of the moon, Saturn, and Neptune will unfold in the eastern sky, offering ...

The emergency spillway area is a designated fossil collection zone where visitors can hunt for and keep fossils of brachiopods, trilobites, and other marine creatures that called this area home about ...

Astrotourism is coming to Canada, thanks to an ambitious plan for a chain of six dark-sky sites along 100 miles of the ...

As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world's largest 'dark sky reserve' Carlos Morales July 01, 2025 / 2:45 am ...

In spring 2022, this region was designated as “dark sky reserve,” meaning it’s an area where not only is the sky dark, but there are policies in place to help preserve the nighttime sky. 'An entire ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has fended off the light glow that washes out starry nights.