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The first full moon of summer is the Buck moon, reaching peak illumination in the afternoon. Here's when you'll want to look up tonight.
After visiting Horseshoe Bend, head to Antelope Canyon. Perhaps the most famous slot canyon in the American Southwest, Antelope Canyon requires a guided tour because it is on Navajo Tribal Lands.
The largest dark sky sanctuary in the world is 2.4 million acres of volcanic landscape, deserts, and mountains. Learn how to plan your trip.
The moon will appear low in the night sky this week, giving it an unnaturally large appearance known as the moon illusion.
The dark nights surrounding the new moon phase on July 24 represent the perfect opportunity to see the Milky Way streak through the summer night sky.
Catch the solar system’s largest planet satellite sharing the constellation Gemini the Twins with our Moon this morning before sunrise.
Some local protestors are concerned a new wind turbine development could damage the area's dark sky park.
Tonight's Full Moon, called the Bucky Moon, rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest, tracing a low path through the southern sky.
TRAVERSE CITY — One of summer’s great pleasures is viewing a star-filled night sky pulsing with the mysteries of the universe. Michigan is home to nine dark sky preserves which ...
The night sky appears dark even though billions of stars exist in the Milky Way because the universe is finite and expanding. Dark energy stretches and dims light from distant stars, keeping much ...
Prepare to ‘Highlight the Starlight' at this tree-filled ‘Dark Sky Festival' The sequoias are the stars at this astronomically cool September celebration.
However, the far side of the Moon has long been dark in a different sense. Only 24 humans have seen it in person, and before June 2024, no samples had been collected from known far-side locations.