Photo by Jesse Faatz via Trey Anastasio's Facebook page Trey Anastasio kick off the second installment of his ...

As the glow of artificial light has spread across the world, the number of places dark enough to see a sky rich with stars has shrunk. In North America and across Oregon, only a small percentage of ...

If you have any astronomer friends you’ll soon discover that theirs is a world of specialist high-quality optical equipment far ahead of the everyday tinkerer, and for mere mortals the dream of those ...

Artists have been fascinated by the night sky and its dazzling cosmos for centuries. From Van Gogh’s trippy The Starry Night (1889) to Théodore Géricault’s eerie, green-tinged After the Deluge (1819) ...

On May 10, 2024, something unusual happened. Babak Tafreshi packed up his camera equipment and drove just an hour north of his home in Massachusetts to photograph the northern lights. For the first ...

When you go outside on a clear, moonless night, you can see not only lots of stars but also the black space between them—literally space, in this case. Given that you can see stars and that the sky is ...

A new Smithsonian exhibition delves into the issue of light pollution, with easy solutions offering an immediate change One-third of the world’s population can’t see the starry band of light in the ...

Where to find The Wintermaker, Curly Tail, The Sacred Loop and more indigenous constellations in the night sky. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Night Sky 11 is an impressive planetarium in your pocket, with an interface that's easy to read and manipulate, even for beginners. Black Friday 2025 deals you can already get: Telescope deals, ...

As I stumbled over rocks through pitch darkness, following a guy I had just met online, I began to question my life choices. It was the middle of the night, and I was wandering through a remote desert ...

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