The new moon phase will leave the night sky especially dark, offering a rare and excellent opportunity for observers to take ...

They’re too faint. At night, after the sun sets and its scattered light diminishes, the sky gets darker. But does it get completely dark—that is, with absolutely no light coming from between ...

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. And the person ...

That means the sky gets dark enough to see stars by 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. local time. Observers in mid-southern latitudes can see Scorpius in the east-southeast, with Antares about 15 degrees above ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Many places throughout Utah have “Dark Sky” initiatives, many counties and cities have Dark Sky ordinances, and many Utah state and national parks have both.

Although this phenomenon brings the moon closer to Earth, don’t expect to see it in Texas — this phase keeps the moon hidden in the dark sky, making it invisible to the naked eye. Still ...

A second dark sky park recently became certified in Oregon, three years after the state's first dark sky park was certified, and just months after 2.5 million acres of the Oregon Outback became ...