Just 75 miles outside of the Washington, DC metro area, Shenandoah National Park offers a forested escape. Running for 105 miles along the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is a long, skinny park with mountain ...

The best time to visit Shenandoah National Park is hotly contested as each of the seasons offers up a unique perspective on ...

The summer Milky Way filling the night sky at Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada. The pink glow of the Lagoon Nebula can be seen above the horizon, in the Milky Way galaxy's core.

Oregon is well-known as a destination for stargazers. The state has an array of designated Dark Sky places, where amateur ...

From family trips to romantic weekends away, these destinations are familiar standbys that pack loads of nostalgic charm.

Celebrating the nation's 249th birthday this Friday with fireworks will be easier for many Central Virginia residents with ...

Venus continues to be the “Morning Star” in the east before dawn, albeit it has become dimmer — but still bright — as it moves away from Earth.

Welcome to cwg.live, updated around-the-clock by Capital Weather Gang meteorologists. Happening now: Warm this evening with temperatures falling into the 70s around sunset. Mainly clear tonight other ...

Buffalo National River, Arkansas The first place in Arkansas to be labeled a Dark Sky Park and the first national river in the U.S., Buffalo National River is special in many ways. The stream snakes ...

The National Air and Space Museum will host its annual “Sally’s Night,” event Saturday, June 21, from 6 to 11 p.m. as part of the Smithsonian’s “Solstice Saturday” programming. Held each June around ...

Something that hasn't been seen in decades is happening in the night sky and, in Texas, it can be seen without binoculars or ...