The Euclid space observatory launched in July 2023, tasked with creating a 3D map of ... of the sky, turning away from the Milky Way’s bright central regions and focusing on the dark edges ...
With the recent astrotourism boom, due in part to the amazing northern-lights viewing in the U.S. this year, many lodges have bolstered their night-sky offerings. But not all dark-sky retreats are ...
Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, a Dark Sky Preserve. (Photo by: Alan Dyer/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Step outside on a clear, moonless night, and you may catch a hazy ...
In April 2021, astronomy educator John Heasley set out to see just how dark the skies were in southwestern Wisconsin's Vernon County. He measured the brightness of the night sky in three public ...