A decently dark site in a rural area has a sky background of about 21 mag/arcsec 2. In the Rocky Mountains in Colorado I’ve been to sites a bit darker than this, and it’s truly spectacular.

Here are a few tips and tricks photographer Harrison Jones has learned from more than a decade of photographing fireworks.

The new moon of May occurs on May 26. Two days later the moon will make a close pass to Jupiter in the evening sky, and the summer constellations will be rising.

Of course the sky is dark at night.” But that answer is wrong or, at best, incomplete, and the actual situation wasn’t obvious even to eminent scientists a century or so ago.

Historic Antelope is a small rural town in north-central Oregon, committed to protecting a significant asset the town has to offer, a night sky where one can “see the Milky Way from Main Street.” ...

Evidence is mounting that awe-inspiring visions like a dark sky at night is good for your mental health and well-being. By Julia Flynn Siler. Photographs by Navaneeth Unnikrishnan.

Noctourism: why dark sky travel is huge in 2025 – and where to experience it. ... Celebrate the night sky and nighttime adventures, with moonlit walks and star-focused talks to enjoy.

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – A dozen of Colorado's state parks are now working to reduce light pollution and protect the night sky for stargazers by collaborating with a new dark sky program.

The Cosmic Microwave Background. ... evolving, and with a finite age — are the reasons that we do not see light all around us and the night sky appears dark. Up Next Previous.

The following year, on October 7 1849, Poe died at the age of 40. It would be more than a century before scientists confirmed his intuitions about the enigma of the dark night sky. Two and a half ...

If we all work together, future generations can regain some of the pleasures of seeing in the dark. More information on light pollution is available from the International Dark-Sky Association ...

ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel, CC BY-SAAs dawn rose over the German city of Bremen on May 7 1823, Heinrich Olbers put the finishing touches to an article that left his name in history. After the ...