Enveloping it all is the Milky Way, a blaze of light among the flaming stars over the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve, a 1,416-square-mile territory that has the clearest skies in the continental ...

Idaho Gets A 'Dark Sky Reserve' Just over 14,000 square miles of central Idaho have been designated a "Dark Sky Reserve" for committing to preserving a pristine night sky by limiting light pollution.

Deep in the mountains of Central Idaho lies one of the darkest nighttime spots in the US. It's the country's first gold-tier Dark Sky reserve, and it's a fascinating place to stare at the stars.

We all know sea turtles dig the dark at our beaches. Light pollution distorts the natural ambient light pattern and confuses new-born hatchlings that need a dark, starry night sky to orient ...

Researchers say 80 percent of North Americans live where light pollution blots out the night sky. Central Idaho has one of the few places in the contiguous U.S. large and dark enough to attain ...

The International Dark-Sky Association late Monday designated the 1,400-square-mile Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve. The sparsely populated area’s night skies are so pristine that interstellar ...

A giant chunk of central Idaho with a dazzling night sky has become the nation’s first International Dark Sky Reserve. The International Dark-Sky Association late Monday designated the 1,400 ...

BOISE, Idaho — Tourists heading to central Idaho will be in the dark if local officials get their way. The first International Dark Sky Reserve in the United States would fill a chunk of the ...

However, one of the more impressive areas in the country is the Dark Sky Reserve in Central Idaho. It takes up a large portion of the state, covering 906,000 acres (or 1,416 square miles).

Idaho has a new area dedicated to preserving views of the night sky, Idaho State Parks and Recreation officials announced Thursday. The City of Rocks National Reserve, which Idaho Parks and Rec ...