As night descended, a rumble of frogs filled the air in this park outside the central Mexican city of Queretaro. In the sky, ...

African art, admired in the U.S. and Europe as a rich creative tradition, has always had to fight for recognition in its own backyard. To the natives who practiced it, it was less art for ...

Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff is set to open its new 40,000-square-foot, $53 million Marley Foundation Astronomy Discovery Center on Saturday, Nov. 16. The ribbon-cutting is set for 10:30 a.m. and ...

The Dark Skies Festival aims to raise awareness of light pollution in the region, with various events happening across ...

The FT’s art critic’s guide to navigating a world-class permanent collection spanning the 14th to 19th centuries ...

Geographically, it’s the county located in the small protrusion of northern Wisconsin called the Door Peninsula. The ...

With northern lights fever fuelling a wider trend for astro-tourism, our writer uncovers the best accommodation picks in ...

An outburst from elevated solar activity created conditions on Thursday that kept people’s eyes glued to evening views all ...

It will shine in the west, just left of the Big Dipper. To catch the best show, you'll want to get to a dark sky. Some of the darkest skies are areas that limit night lights. These are often ...

4:46 A.M. There’s a short dark window this morning for observing if you’re up early, between when the Moon sets and morning twilight starts to brighten the sky. Let’s up our chances of a ...

In April 2021, astronomy educator John Heasley set out to see just how dark the skies were in southwestern Wisconsin's Vernon County. He measured the brightness of the night sky in three public ...