First, let's explain why we see the color blue in the sky as opposed to other colors. The sun actually emits a 'white' light ...

Antelope, Oregon, had its moment of fame in the 1980s, when followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh swept in, registered to vote and effectively took over the tiny incorporated city. For about two years, ...

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 ...

Breckenridge just became the first mountain resort in the state to earn Dark Sky certification for its dazzling nightscape. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and ...

Stories in this list received the most page views on SummitDaily.com from Aug. 24-30. 1. Man reported missing found dead in Breckenridge A man who was reported missing after he was last seen leaving ...

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 ...

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 ...

Upstate New York offers ideal locations for stargazing due to minimal light pollution. Saturn, including its shadow transits by its moon Titan, will be a highlight for the remainder of 2025. Several ...

On August 21, 2025, in Floridana Beach, Florida, USA, @DanielPiraino shared a video of the weather conditions. About 8 miles north of Sebastian Inlet, a video captured a gloomy sky with heavy dark ...

As I stumbled over rocks through pitch darkness, following a guy I had just met online, I began to question my life choices. It was the middle of the night, and I was wandering through a remote desert ...

Is the night sky ever really dark? In a word, no. Anyone who's ever walked their dog at night knows that when you step out the door, it can seem awfully dark out there. By and by, our eyes get used to ...

This is the second sky mystery I’ve posted to my newsletter. If you’d like to read the first case, click here. This second case starts with an email sent to our 2 Helps You. Terri VanBuren from ...