Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Anti-light pollution non-profit DarkSky International has ...

Wide-field astroimaging, utilizing equipment such as DSLRs with wide-angle lenses or short focal length refractors, offers cost-effectiveness and portability advantages compared to traditional ...

As I stumbled over rocks through pitch darkness, following a guy I had just met online, I began to question my life choices. It was the middle of the night, and I was wandering through a remote desert ...

Bisbee sits in a remote part of Arizona, but the skies weren't as dark as they could be until the city stepped in. In November, Bisbee was designated a "dark sky place," the 22nd such location in ...

In the late 20th century, when we still captured celestial images on film, the few days around New Moon were the only times we could image deep-sky objects. The grainy, low-sensitivity films we used ...

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 new video captures the power of the sun from Portugal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Miguel Claro is a professional ...

New Zealand’s Tāhuna Glenorchy Dark Sky Sanctuary has been officially certified by DarkSky International, marking it as the fifth International Dark Sky Sanctuary in the country and the 23rd worldwide ...

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 ...

When you go outside on a clear, moonless night, you can see not only lots of stars but also the black space between them—literally space, in this case. Given that you can see stars and that the sky is ...

Digital astrophotography allows imaging during Full Moon, unlike film-based methods which required dark, New Moon skies. Successful imaging requires image processing techniques to mitigate the ...