I felt that my fear of the woods at night—though common, normal—was one of the last barriers between myself and the wild life I wanted. But the dark wasn’t dangerous, I told myself.

They’re too faint. At night, after the sun sets and its scattered light diminishes, the sky gets darker. But does it get completely dark—that is, with absolutely no light coming from between ...

Now that I have some vision issues, it’s literally harder to focus on individual beauties in the night sky. Hence my dim enthusiasm about reporting on Cambria Dark Skies Initiative’s “Future ...