Here's where to find very dark skies in the U.S. and Canada. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When was the last time you stood ...

Head away from city lights in late July to see the dense core of the Milky Way arcing towards the southwestern horizon against a blissfully dark sky as the waning lunar disk approaches its new moon ...

A 14%-illuminated waxing crescent moon will hang low in the southwest tonight, soon after sunset, still in Capricorn, with ...

Florida is home to three listed "dark sky" locations that may offer the best views of the Milky Way's galactic center. The Milky Way is our home galaxy with a disc of stars that spans more than ...

Black Mesa State Park is the first site in Oklahoma to be recognized by an international organization for its dark sky uncluttered by light pollution.

A night sky in Aoraki Mackenzie International Dark Sky Reserve. New Zealand is one of the world’s best stargazing destinations, with 96 percent of its land offering clear views of the Milky Way—here ...

Snow Canyon State Park is the newest designated International Dark Sky Destination, joining dozens of other Dark Sky places ...

There are 250 dark sky designated locations across the globe and more than 30 in Utah. That now includes the most-recently added Snow Canyon State Park. The park outside St. George was named an Urban ...

A conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – or, in this case, other celestial bodies – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Florida is home to ...

A comet discovered earlier this year will soon make its closest approach to Earth and should be visible to the naked eye in the night sky, if you know where to look. But don't hesitate. If you miss ...