Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Astrotourism is a rapidly growing travel trend for 2025, but ...
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.
Glacier National Park is an International Dark Sky Sanctuary. Visitors can see the Milky Way from St. Mary’s Glacier, pictured here. (Photo by Ray Stinson, National Park Service.) Editor’s Note: This ...
The University of Nevada, Reno’s Fleischmann Planetarium is a great place to see the stars, planets, moons and more in our galaxy, but it’s not the only place in Nevada where you can see the Milky Way ...
There are two Dark Sky Places in Maine: Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument and AMC Maine Woods. “Dark Sky Places” are preserved through responsible lighting policies and public education to ...
Glen Hvenegaard received support for this project from the University of Alberta’s Augustana Faculty Research Committee through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. University of ...