The starry skies we can see from the UK are being limited all the time by the glare of light pollution.
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Tourist offerings like the Jasper Dark Sky Festival in Alberta can help protect dark skies by generating support among tourists and communities receiving economic impacts.
Some observatories that used to be dark and remote are now adjacent to bright urban centers. And sending all telescopes into space isn’t a viable solution.
Light Pollution is a significant environmental issue and is spreading rapidly. The good news is that it is easy to fix - find out how here…
About half of all New Zealanders can no longer see the Milky Way in winter due to light pollution from ever brighter cities and expanding satellite constellations.
This small coastal town’s efforts to reclaim the night skies for people and nature is truly inspirational. Here’s how you can help reduce light pollution and claim your own Dark Sky Place title.
Light pollution is a relatively new problem. Simple solutions can fix it.
A new study shows how artificial light at night scrambles insects’ normal flight patterns, pulling them off course into orbit around the light.
With the help of thousands of citizen scientists, a new study measured exactly how much brighter night skies are getting every year.
The Orion Star Count 2022 calls on us to go outside and count the stars of Orion.
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