Over 200 dark sky places have been certified in 22 countries on six continents. Designations include parks, reserves, sanctuaries, and urban night-sky places. Receiving dark-sky certification ...

The roughly 150 Dark Sky Places in the U.S. fall into five International Dark Sky categories: parks, sanctuaries, reserves, communities and urban night sky places. Pack your camera, binoculars ...

has partnered with the Bureau of Land Management to protect the area from the impacts of light pollution by pushing for it to be recognized as an Urban Night Sky Place. The designation ...

Tucson is home to an array of astronomical attractions including observatories, research centers, and vast outdoor spaces like Saguaro National Park, the world's ninth Urban Night Sky Place.

This means that both stars and deep-sky objects stand out more when using binoculars and telescopes, and, as such, these tools drastically improve our experience of the urban night sky.

By Katrina Miller Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January ... To see the parade, find a dark place with a clear view of the western ...