DarkSky International and the American Astronomical Society are urging people to tell the FCC to reject SpaceX's ambitious orbital data center plan.

While lawmakers focus on power and water demands, round-the-clock industrial lighting from massive facilities threatens both human health and wildlife, with links to cancer that can no longer be ...

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More people participating in the citizen science project Globe At Night could help fill gaps in what astronomers know about the extent of skyglow.

Exposure to outdoor light at night could put people at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to a new study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. "We show that, in the U.S.

Charles Fulco, a NASA Solar System Ambassador, teacher, and host of the Science@Home podcast, illuminates the issue of light pollution. Light pollution is the bane of neighbors, motorists, ...

Sacramento is one of California’s most light polluted cities. The Bortle scale is a nine-level numeric scale measuring the night sky's brightness of specific locations with one being perfect ...

Professor Darren Evans and Madeleine Fabusova from the School of Natural and Environmental Science have published new ...

Our night sky is rapidly disappearing. At our current rate of dumping excess light into the world, a child born today who could see 250 stars right now from their nearby night sky will only be able to ...

Light pollution poses a growing threat to moths. In her Lightstar project, which has been awarded a prestigious EU Starting ...

States with an overexposure to artificial light pollution—particularly at night—are linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by scientists at Rush University ...