Our current best theories of the universe suggest that dark energy is making it expand faster and faster, but new ...

Using data from nearly 15 million galaxies and quasars, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has created the most detailed 3D map of the universe ever made. A new analysis combining DESI’s ...

Five sites in New Mexico have been certified as "dark" places by the International Dark-Sky Association. As well as being up to 99 percent free of light pollution, visitors to Dark Sky Parks are ...

Find out what's up in your night sky during January 2025 and how to see it in this Space.com stargazing guide. Looking for a telescope for the next night sky event? We recommend the Celestron ...

If you seek inky black skies to serve as a backdrop for constellations or meteor showers in Michigan, cross the Mackinac Bridge. The Upper Peninsula harbors some of the state’s darkest areas ...

We now have a fine opportunity to view the planet that many astronomy guide books refer to as the most difficult of the naked-eye planets to see. The planet in question is Mercury. Beginning now ...

UPPER MICHIGAN (WLUC) - Multiple state Dark Sky advocates discussed the importance of dark skies in the Upper Peninsula during a virtual public meeting Tuesday evening. These advocates included ...

EXCLUSIVE: Dark Sky Films has acquired distribution rights in the U.S. and Canada on Citizen Sleuth, a true crime documentary directed by Chris Kasick. A theatrical release is planned for later ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky.

On Rum, Europe’s newest dark-sky sanctuary, the island’s 40 residents have learned to embrace darkness. On Rum, Europe’s newest dark-sky sanctuary, the island’s 40 residents have learned ...

“Those are places that are going to be fairly disconnected from large communities, but it’s a place where you’ll see the Milky Way very clearly,” says Dan Oakley, the chair of the Dark Sky ...

Symphony Under the Stars is one of many events at the annual Dark Sky Festival (17 October to 2 November 2025) held in Jasper National Park, one of the world's largest and most accessible dark sky ...