In Alaska, we’re fortunate to experience dark skies; most of us frequently look up to see stars and often the aurora. That’s not the case in much of the world. Craig Childs, an explorer-writer who ...

On a clear night far from city lights, the Milky Way stretches overhead as a pale band, yet most of the sky between those ...

In the days leading up to the winter solstice, amber streetlights switch on ever earlier as dusk falls over Flagstaff, Ariz., casting the city in a soft, warm hue. Longer nights mean even more time to ...