Looking up at the night sky in northern and rural Maine, it is a sight to behold, almost unique in today’s lit-up world. The Rangeley region is one of the last areas in the Northeast largely untouched ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 99% of Americans live under light-polluted skies, unable to see the stars and constellations above us. But there are ...

Hiking through lush wilderness without seeing another person for hours. Hearing the rushing of woodland streams. Spotting moose and bears between the trees. Sleeping in a tent and experiencing the ...

Why is dark sky conservation important? The film Defending the Dark educates viewers on why it is important to preserve dark sky areas while emphasizing the unique dark sky environment in northern ...

BELFAST, Maine (WABI) - Maine can be quite dark at night, especially away from cities and towns. That lack of light pollution in addition to Maine’s wilderness served as the inspiration for an art ...

Stargazers gather in Maine’s darkest skies to celebrate and protect the night. Deep in Maine’s North Woods, the Appalachian Mountain Club preserves the darkest skies east of the Mississippi. At Little ...

I don’t make it up to Maine from New Jersey as often as I’d like to, but there are a few things that always pull me back. For one, the skies up north are truly unparalleled. The lack of light ...

John Meader runs a company called Northern Stars Planetarium, traveling around the midcoast and central Maine with an inflatable-dome star theater, for educational programming at schools, public ...

The exhibition to raise awareness of the beauty of the natural world will be open Jan. 17 through Feb. 28. BELFAST — Waterfall Arts in collaboration with Dark Sky Maine and the Union of Maine Visual ...