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How You Can Save the Night

Discover celestial wonders visible in the Grand Canyon’s dark skies, and find out how you can help save the night.  

Photo by Instagram user @AndrewHNyc. Photo is the milky way over grand canyon national park.

Can you see the Milky Way at home? 

Experience a simple demonstration of what prevents many of us from viewing a sky studded with stars, discover celestial wonders you can see only under a dark sky like that at the Grand Canyon, and find out how you can help bring back the night. 

Dr amy sayle

Dr. Amy Sayle

Astronomer in Residence, 2026

Amy Sayle, PhD, is a science communicator, writer, and award-winning storyteller. As a longtime educator at Morehead Planetarium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she communicates astronomy to the public under the planetarium sky, at skywatching events, and on night paddles. During her residency, she plans to revise her young-adult novel Swallow the Sun, which is set at Grand Canyon National Park, and offer public programs focused on dark skies and on cultural astronomy.