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 ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Some national and state parks are certified in regulating light pollution, also referred to as “dark sky preserves.” With this type of certification, these preserves bring optimal ...

GANGES TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Many West Michigan stargazers flock to the state’s three dark-sky parks to catch some stellar views of the night sky. Currently, that involves a long drive. One ...

There are only a few remaining places in Fairfax County where a child looks up at night, and it is not under the washed-out dome of light pollution. More than likely, they cannot see the dark skyscape ...

Handzel is San Diego County chapter vice president of the International Dark Sky Association and lives in San Diego. It’s just light, right? Unfortunately, we’re learning that artificial light is not ...

Anthony Sleiman, a conservation photographer who documents the night sky over the Florida Everglades, said he took this photo around midnight on July 1 near the entrance to the state’s new immigration ...

On a cold winter night in a rural area, I looked through a scope to see the rings of Saturn for the first time. Connecting grade school science book descriptions with a real-life view amazed me.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Natural Land Institute is lighting up the prairie with its Dark Sky Bonfire and S’mores open house, celebrating a new 80-acre ...