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Meet Sujay Patil: Founder of the Meet Star Gazers app

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Sujay Patil, an amateur astronomer based in Paris, created the Meet Star Gazers app to simplify stargazing by providing …

January 21, 2021

Utah Division of Parks and Recreation announces three new International Dark Sky Park designations for Jordanelle, Kodachrome Basin, and Rockport State Parks

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The Utah Division of Parks and Recreation announces three new International Dark Sky Park designations from the International Dark …

January 14, 2021

Medicine Rocks State Park Designated as International Dark Sky Sanctuary

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Medicine Rocks State Park officially designated as International Dark Sky Sanctuary by International Dark-Sky Association.

December 21, 2020

United Kingdom Parliamentary Group Issues First Dark-Sky Policy Plan

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IDA reports that today the UK Parlimentary group has issued the first comprehensive dark sky policy plan for comabatting …

December 9, 2020

UK Dark Sky Reserve Success for National Parks

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Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks have been designated as a Dark Sky Reserve in the UK …

December 7, 2020

Voyageurs National Park Certified as International Dark Sky Park

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Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesotta is now certified as an International Dark Sky Park!

December 7, 2020

Tokyo’s Outlying Island, Kozushima, is Recognized as a Dark Sky Island

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Kozushima Island in Tokyo, Japan is now recognized as an International Dark Sky Park by the International Dark Sky …

December 1, 2020

Myriam Alqassab: Under the desert sky — darkening the way in Bahrain

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Myriam Alqassab, DarkSky Delegate in Bahrain, aims to reduce light pollution and gain Dark Sky Place certification for Hawar …

November 30, 2020

Highlights from Under One Sky 2020

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We can’t thank you enough for making our global conference such a success. Here are some of Highlights from …

November 19, 2020

Experiment uses smart city lighting to measure streetlight emissions

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When satellites take pictures of Earth at night, how much of the light that they see comes from streetlights? …

October 28, 2020

Josh Dury: Raising a profile for the dark sky movement in the UK’s climate capital

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DarkSky Delegate Josh Dury raises awareness about light pollution's impact and advocates for dark skies in Bristol, UK, through …

October 22, 2020

Annette Lee to Present Keynote at 2020 Global Conference

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We are pleased to annouce Annette Lee will be a keynote presenter at the International Dark-Sky Association 2020 Global …

October 14, 2020