Light pollution not only affects astronomers, it disrupts ecosystems, wildlife and even human health. It typically comes from streetlights, building lighting, advertising and even car headlights.

Sisters, a small western-style town in Central Oregon, was recently recognized as an International Dark Sky Community, ...

Light pollution—the needless shining of bright lights into the night sky—has robbed whole generations of the chance to see nature on its largest scale. It is estimated that as many as eighty ...

While the most obvious effect is making the stars in the night sky less visible ... The research team used publicly-available nighttime light pollution maps and medical data from Medicare in the lower ...

For celestial enthusiasts, the past several days have been a celebration of the night. This week is International Dark Sky Week. Founded in 2003 by Jennifer Barlow, then a 15-year-old high school ...

But industrialization has changed that, of course, by introducing light pollution that gradually erased the stars from view before the bright blue light of countless LEDs made the situation so ...

Many Philadelphians consider the artificial light illuminating our environment at night and blinding our vision of the night sky to be an inevitable result of our modern society and economy.

What if the best view of the night sky is just a road trip away? Explore how light pollution shapes our connection to the ...

In well-lit areas such as towns and cities, sky glow can be enough to entirely obscure our view of the stars. It is estimated that at least 55% of the population of the UK are unable to see the ...