News

Look Up: The Great Conjunction of 2020

Astronomy

Look up! The Great Conjunction is a wonderful opportunity to see two object moving in the night sky relative …

December 14, 2020

An Early Holiday Treat: The Geminids

Astronomy

Join IDA as the sky plays host to an early holiday treat: the 2020 Geminids. This is one of …

December 10, 2020

United Kingdom Parliamentary Group Issues First Dark-Sky Policy Plan

Press release

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

Press release

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

Press release

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

Press release

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

News

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

November 30, 2020

Report from Tokyo: The Great Achievement of a Small Island

Outdoor Lighting

Before and after of the lighting retrofit in Kozushima, Japan with aim of becoming an International Dark Sky Place.

November 30, 2020

Highlights from Under One Sky 2020

Uncategorized

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

Press release

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

October 28, 2020

Bat Week: Shedding (Some) Light on Bats

Wildlife

To celebrate Bat Week IDA has teamed up wtih Bat Conservation International to shed some light on these nighttime …

October 28, 2020

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

News

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

October 22, 2020