Only a lucky few get to see a view this gorgeous. If you live somewhere that's too bright to enjoy the stars, you're definitely not alone. Light pollution is rampant, and it can make stargazing nearly ...

One look at a light pollution map Dark Sky Map can be pretty upsetting. Whole swaths of the earth, especially in North America, Europe and Asia have basically erased the night sky. Probably the only ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – The darkest place in Michigan is now on the international dark sky map. The Beaver Island State Wildlife Research Area was recently certified as Michigan’s first and only ...

Scientists are shining a brighter light on dark matter thanks to a new high-resolution map, unveiling the invisible material that shapes everything we see. Using James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) ...

A rare astronomical event will take place Saturday as a super new moon moves across the sky. Although this phenomenon brings the moon closer to Earth, don’t expect to see it in Texas — this phase ...

NASA maps reveal how night lights are changing across the globe, with huge swathes of the UK fading into darkness.

Back on the evening of May 10 a rare display of the aurora borealis splashed color across the skies of our area. Amateur astronomers who follow night sky happenings knew the first thing they needed to ...

Tonight is "blue moon Eve" (see the May 31 entry for more details). Late tonight, look toward the southeast to see one of the sky's most striking color contrasts. The bright, nearly full moon will be ...