Light streaks caused by passing satellites mar images taken by the world's most expensive telescopes. The problem is set to ...

The number of satellites in orbit, especially in low-Earth orbit, has massively increased in the last decade. This has ...

Crestone became one of a growing number of towns around the world officially recognized as a Dark Sky community by DarkSky International, an organization that promotes the battle against light ...

Dark sky park designations come from the ... Local power engineer Scott Lind led the effort, painting the sides of omnidirectional light fixtures so the light would only shine down, and using ...

So have dark-sky preserves, where light pollution is restricted ... and the consolations of art, On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance.

From contributing to sleep disorders and depression in humans to habitat disruption over multiple species, light pollution ...

If we all work together, future generations can regain some of the pleasures of seeing in the dark. More information on light pollution is available from the International Dark-Sky Association.

that has certified over 220 International Dark Sky places since 2001 and closely monitors the academic research on light pollution and darkness. Does this magical view of the southern night sky ...

For Palo Alto’s conservationists, the adoption of a “dark sky” law is a bright idea that is long overdue. The laudable goal is to protect wildlife and humans from light pollution and to ...

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 ...

they would spend half their light pointing up the sky," said Christiansen. To raise awareness of the environment of the night sky, the Coeur d'Alene City Council issued a "Dark Sky" proclamation ...