Starry night sky over the Glenorchy Wharf Shed in the Tāhuna Glenorchy Dark Sky Sanctuary, New Zealand. New Zealand has a new Dark Sky Sanctuary, a special designation for natural areas with ideal ...

Find out why Mata Ki Te Rangi International Dark Sky Sanctuary in Pitcairn Islands is on TIME’s 2019 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places.

This part of Oregon has incredible nighttime views of the Milky Way, planets, and deep-sky objects. Here are the best places ...

Already famed for its dramatic landscapes and spirit of adventure, New Zealand has added another world-class destination to its map: the Tāhuna Glenorchy Dark Sky Sanctuary. Spanning nearly 50,000 ...

A 2.5 million-acre swath of southern Oregon has been named the largest Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world. The region, which on Monday was officially named the Oregon Outback International Dark Sky ...

Southeast Oregon is a patchwork of high desert, mountains, and volcanic landscape, stitched together by river canyons and long stretches of solitude. When darkness falls on clear nights across this ...

Americans do not need to travel internationally to see the Northern Lights. Factors like light pollution, moon brightness, and geomagnetic activity affect visibility. Many top viewing locations are ...

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 ...

It's easy to be dazzled by New Zealand. Just look up. New Zealand is one of the world’s best stargazing destinations, with 96 percent of its land offering clear views of the Milky Way—here are the ...

You might remember last September, when Beaver Island was designated a Dark Sky Sanctuary, one of only 22 in the world. Well, I came back to the island to celebrate another milestone, the Michigan ...