One of the darkest slices of night sky on the planet may soon be threatened ... may be built in Chile's Atacama Desert. The Atacama is famed for its pitch-black skies and lack of light pollution ...

From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun's Desert Magazine ... to impede the view of the darkest part of the night sky.” In addition to free Saturday night stargazing ...

This meteor shower is know for bright meteors with persistent trains—which means that you’ll be able to watch some of them glow for a second or so as they whizz through the night sky.