Did you know that 20% to 50% of outdoor residential lighting goes directly into the sky and contributes to light pollution due to poor shielding? Lighting should be directed to the ground using ...

Recently, we were gifted with the return of a once-every-80,000-years comet. From the college mesa, as I scanned the horizon, ...

Fortunately, there are solutions that save money and preserve the dark night sky. The most important step is to shield outdoor lighting so it is cast downward. Other measures include putting ...

Adding ornamental lighting just for fun can help stave off a gloomy evening just as well as practical lights. Adding solar ...

Although some studies suggest that new outdoor lighting can reduce crime rates ... Imagine “City Z,” where the integration of dark-sky-compliant LED fixtures demonstrates how this balance can be ...

Dear Wirecutter: I have been searching for years for a device that will turn my outdoor ... after dark) and the ill effects light pollution has on wildlife. According to Dark Sky International ...

Could Newport State Park get a dark-sky amphitheater? The Department of Natural Resources is asking neighbors to weigh in.

Glowing red lights make it easier to wander the nightscape at Keweenaw Dark Sky Park and Keweenaw Mountain Lodge.

The narrow wedge of the zodiacal light (left) reaches nearly to the Milky Way (right) on Nov. 1 from near Kenton, Oklahoma. The zodiacal light stands high in the eastern sky this time of year but ...

A pizza restaurant, smoke shop and a vintage shop on Main Street in Cambria. The Dark Skies Initiative committee wants to certify Cambria as an official dark-sky community. Cambria has been ...

So, about the lights: Back around 2005, the city of Durango adopted a dark sky ordinance that regulates outdoor lighting ... Hill Ski Area will be dark sky compliant. “We thought about putting ...