A panorama of dark skies over the desert landscape of the Spiti Valley, a high-altitude region in the Himalaya. Evidence is mounting that awe-inspiring visions like a dark sky at night is good for ...

The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) is working to preserve the night sky. Here's a look at its 21 certified dark sky reserves around the world.

Its remote and arid landscape, named a Gold Tier Dark Sky Park by DarkSky International, delights with obsidian skies across its 3.4 million acres of salt flats, sand dunes, and rainbow-hued hills.

The night sky isn’t perfectly dark—instead it glows faintly, and the source isn’t exactly local By Phil Plait edited by Lee Billings Zodiacal light over Padar Island, Indonesia.

“For the first time,” said Test Pilot White, 38, “it seemed as though I was up in this dark blue sky, ... Suddenly, the Bavarian landscape came alive with orange and black antiaircraft fire.

Cook County hosts an annual dark sky festival, for instance, and lodges have started offering stargazing specials. The momentum will continue as Northern Lights activity increases into 2025.

Columbia artist Blue Sky’s enormous fire hydrant sculpture sits in a field after being removed by the city. But his huge chain connecting downtown buildings and other works are still on display.

Have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered where all the stars are? You are not alone. According to the International Dark Sky Association, 99% of the public in North America and ...

The last time such a color appeared on an iPhone Pro was in 2021 when the iPhone 13 Pro was available in Sierra Blue. But Majin Bu insists the new sky-blue finish “reportedly looks even more ...

The Steeple Rock, Kynance Cove in Cornwall is a study of the extraordinary rock formation as a shape, its clear outlines set against a dark blue sky. It’s very beautiful.

Discover Flagstaff, the world’s first international dark-sky city. ... a 0.75-mile crater from a landscape-altering impact some 50,000 years ago.

Tucson’s skies are slightly darker thanks to the completed streetlight conversion project, according to a study by the Tucson-based International Dark-Sky Association. The study, however, was ...