An Earth-directed coronal mass ejection could trigger a G3-rated geomagnetic storm on Tuesday, Dec. 9, according to space ...

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 ...

Astrotourism is growing in popularity as more people seek out dark skies to experience celestial wonders. National parks and designated Dark Sky Places offer excellent opportunities for stargazing and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Winter is officially here, as the winter solstice took place early Saturday, marking the shortest day of the year for the northern hemisphere. However, this also means that days will ...

Back on the evening of May 10 a rare display of the aurora borealis splashed color across the skies of our area. Amateur astronomers who follow night sky happenings knew the first thing they needed to ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations and people take action to raise awareness of an inevitable aspect of ...

Oregon is suddenly abuzz with dark skies, a campaign that has naturally led right up to Dark Sky Week. This year, April 2-8 is not only International Dark Sky Week, a celebration of natural light and ...

City lights pollute the night sky. But there are still places to go for comets and stargazing. Dark sky parks and IDA-certified locations are the best places to view cosmic events. From Alaska to ...

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 the ...

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 ...

The small town of Bluff in southeastern Utah — near several national monuments including Bears Ears — has been granted a new international dark sky designation. Obtaining a designation from the global ...

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 ...