Humanity’s artificial glow is swallowing the night sky. Even astronomers in this remote observatory in the South American ...
Excessive artificial light at night (ALAN) doesn’t just pollute the sky. It may also pollute the brain. That’s according to a surprising new study focused on light pollution and Alzheimer’s disease ...
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Indigenous Australians were the world’s first astronomers. But their knowledge is now at risk
I’m a proud Yorta Yorta and Barapa Barapa man, an Indigenous astronomer and a trainee ecologist. When I look at the night sky, I don’t just see stars. Instead, I see an ancient knowledge system that ...
Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the ...
David L. Crawford, an astronomer and one of the pioneers of the modern dark-sky movement, died peacefully July 22 in Carlsbad, California. During a decadeslong tenure at Kitt Peak National Observatory ...
Light pollution influences what we see when we look up and affects how much of the universe we can access. Step outside in central Johannesburg, and you may count only a handful of stars. Drive into ...
When Eduardo Unda-Sanzana arrived in Chile’s Atacama Desert to teach astronomy, the darkness was disorienting. The remote location of the small observatory at Catholic University of the North made it ...
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In UAE, one of the world's most light-polluted places, a revelation in the desert: The Milky Way
The United Arab Emirates ranks among the world's most light-polluted countries. But in one dark desert spot known as the ...
It takes a moment for the eyes to adjust. A faint spark appears in the darkness; then another, brighter one. Soon, stars, planets and entire constellations emerge. Before long, a whole galaxy ...
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