Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Astrotourism is a rapidly growing travel trend for 2025, but ...

Standing under a starry sky, gazing up at the wonder of the cosmos, is a foundational human experience and one that has shaped our storytelling and cultures for millennia. Looking at the night sky is ...

At the western edge of the Panhandle, Black Mesa is Oklahoma’s highest point and one of its darkest. Late last year, the ...

Star filled night sky over the Navajo Loop Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. Due to light pollution, dark skies are sadly becoming increasingly rare to find across the nation. But some ...

Glacier National Park is an International Dark Sky Sanctuary. Visitors can see the Milky Way from St. Mary’s Glacier, pictured here. (Photo by Ray Stinson, National Park Service.) Editor’s Note: This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As light pollution threatens our view of the stars the world over, the annual Dark Sky photography contest is here to remind us ...

Oregon has been abuzz with dark sky news lately. Over the last few years, we’ve seen announcements of new Dark Sky Parks, Dark Sky Communities and the biggest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world — all in ...

Oregon is noted for having the largest dark sky sanctuary in the world, as well as the best national park in the US for stargazing, and now, multiple towns are being recognized as official dark sky ...

As dark sky sanctuaries grow in popularity, scientists are revealing more of the benefits of darkness—from repairing DNA to improving your mental health. A panorama of dark skies over the desert ...

KENDALL COUNTY, TEXAS – WHAT IS DARK SKY INTERNATIONAL? An Arizona-based organization, Dark Sky International has been making headway in the field of light pollution. In their own words: “Thanks to ...

Two billion years after the cosmos banged into existence, a mysterious force known as dark energy began shoving space outward ...

Oregon has gained a reputation as something of a dark sky paradise. While Oregonians have long known about the particularly dark skies in some of the more rural parts of the state — which allow people ...