Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson has declared April as “Dark Sky Month.” But local activists are calling on the city to do more to reduce light pollution. The dark sky movement aims to reduce the ambient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As light pollution threatens our view of the stars the world over, the annual Dark Sky photography contest is here to remind us ...

Astronomers estimate that only about 500 stars remain visible in many major cities. However, the number immediately changes as we travel far enough from streetlights and highways. In truly dark ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the recent mission to the moon has come to a close, people are being encouraged to keep their eyes upward this week. It is ...

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. Even ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. INTERVIEWER: It would make sense if lately you've been thinking about space more than usual after four astronauts flew a figure eight around the moon and ...