Your library’s free Spring Lifelong Learning Lectures takes place on Wednesdays from April 16 through May 21 — and note that they are now happening in the afternoons, from 1 to 2:15 p.m.

When I got home, there was a copy of Anna Levin’s new book aptly titled Dark Skies sitting in my mailbox. I like short books packed with information, and the timing couldn’t have been better.

More than 99% of Americans live under light-polluted skies, unable to see the stars and constellations above us. But there are still some areas around the world where the dark sky above is protected.

With most of Nevada’s population concentrated in two metropolitan areas, Las Vegas and Reno, elsewhere light pollution is scarce and dark sky oases are abundant. This is especially true on the ...

The telescope, apart from its size, benefits from the exceptionally dark sky above Mount Paranal, which is the least light-polluted among all major astronomical locations in the western world.

The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it "Taken together, these disturbances seriously threaten the current and long-term viability of Paranal as a world-leader ...

A new trail in this southern Arizona city plots the most visitor-friendly astronomy stops—and there are plenty to choose from, including world-class observatories and six Dark Sky parks.

While Nolan’s known for warping time and reality (Inception, Interstellar, Tenet, looking at you), it’s his brooding Bat-epic that still stands as his box office king. Yup, The Dark Knight ...

said Suzanne Schwichtenberg, adult services librarian for the Lewis & Clark Library. “C.J. Box is so popular in Montana, and we are excited to bring readers together.” When: Monday ...