Atlas Obscura’s Wondersky columnist Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science journalist and author of the upcoming Our Moon: How Earth’s Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are (January 2024, Random House). Throughout the summer, she’ll be sharing the stories and secrets of our wondrous night sky. Sitting outside late at night, even after most people are asleep, provides a sense of togetherness like few other things I know. I have never been lonely in the darkness or afraid of the night; I have loved…
