Hotels so why not grab a telescope at night and take advantage of the sky and if you look at the nemo. I would find that. Many people are interested in a different type of tourism this is no longer enough just to go and look at places they want to go deeper and have a real experience. Of the raw tourist to travel just to practice astronomy the rest of the trip is extra as if. The Iberian Peninsula offers the best conditions for observation. In addition to its geographic location and climate with a large number of clear nights throughout the year it is sparsely populated in many regions on the one of the earth and the world in central and Northern Europe the settled areas are quite scattered about there are lots of homes and small residential areas between the cities where the and the cities are compact and then there are a lot of unpopulated rural areas between them that means we have super dark skies
and visitors to spain are looking for these very dark very clear skies that have been
Astronomy arguably the first science cultivated by humans is in some danger Light Pollution from cities obscures the stars. And if you go astronomers and astrophysicists were the first to identify the danger of losing the night sky society wasnt aware of the importance of preserving that sky people thought astronomers were the only ones interested for scientific or personal reasons the nine is the most with us as is the end though we may be witnessing the end of dark nights. In the cities are excessively illuminated where you both are not. The observatory is about to move farther and farther away to increasingly remote settings. With the most remote those. Quality of the sky. If you discover in the middle of it some skies look beautiful whats that about the of but its not guaranteed theyll stay that wife is the light and the starlight certifications ensure that there are regulations that will keep the skies so dark that people can enjoy the skies. The Canary Islands is the birthplace o
Meeting today of the cardinals before they head into the conclave and start the actual voting process. This process has been described in many different ways, an interesting one tweeted a while ago by greg burke, the vatican spokesman, who said life is like baseball, tomorrow is opening day in vatican city. To continue that metaphor, the question on all our minds is how many innings will this all take. Over the weekend, the pipe, the chimney pipe that will offer the smoke to give us our indication of the voting was affixed atop the Sistine Chapel. We can show you a picture of the papal balcony where the scarlet drapes have been hung, where as soon as tomorrow a new pope could greet this city and greet the world. This morning, cardinals are reflecting over the task at hand after a weekend spent celebrating mass at their assigned parishes all across rome. Tomorrow, it all begins with a special mass together, the 115 voting cardinals gathered here at the vatican will then file into the Si
Why do 42 states not require seat belts on the bus. A slow motion disaster in hawaii. Lava now flowing into a power plant. And a new warning for parents. The five things to make sure your kids can do for the first trip to the beach or the lake this summer. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening and welcome to our viewers in the west, and thats where we begin tonight. Another major American University is under fire and under the harsh spotlight of sexual abuse allegations. Tonight several former and current students at the university of Southern California are alleging a pattern of sexual abuse. They filed multiple lawsuits centered on the behavior of a longtime gynecologist at Usc Student Health center who they claim molested them under the guise of medical exams. And tonight more possible victims are surfacing. A warning, some of the descriptions in this story are explicit. Nbcs Steve Patterson has more. At the time he made me feel extremely uncomfortable and violated
Least 10 are reported killed and scores more wounded in clashes with Security Forces. And japans whalers are given a big send off as they go out hunting again after a break of more than 30 years japan has now withdrawn from the International Whaling commission. Im sumi so must go to thank you for joining us protesters have stormed it to hong kongs legislature on the anniversary of the citys return to chinese rule prodemocracy demonstrators tore down sections of the glass and metal wall before entering the building over anger over plans legislation that would allow extraditions that to china earlier police used the tongs and pepper spray to disperse crowds would occupy the road near the citys government could. On this day 22 years ago britain handed the former colony over to Mainland China under a deal that would ensure democratic rights for the city people activists now fear that those rights are being rolled back. And lets bring indeed of these and see the kong shes covering these pro