Light pollution is increasing by 10% every year, dimming the stars for future generations. Scientists warn this loss affects not only our sleep and wildlife—but also our cultural connection to the ...

DarkSky International in 2016 designated Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve as the nation’s first preserve to achieve ...

When millions of people turn off their lights for Earth Hour each year, something remarkable happens in the night sky above ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has ...

The visibility of the night sky in New Zealand appears to be following a similar trend. Between 2012 and 2021, the area affected by light pollution grew at a rate of 4.2% above the global average .

They have also convinced oil and gas operators in the nearby Permian Basin — a major source of light pollution — to also take up dark-sky-friendly lighting at drilling rigs and gas plants. In spring ...

"An entire sky shed" And the reserve here, dubbed the Greater Big Bend International Dark Sky Reserve, is the largest of its kind in the world. The reserve is a 15,000-square-mile stretch over the ...

"An entire sky shed" And the reserve here, dubbed the Greater Big Bend International Dark Sky Reserve, is the largest of its kind in the world. The reserve is a 15,000-square-mile stretch over the ...

"An entire sky shed" And the reserve here, dubbed the Greater Big Bend International Dark Sky Reserve, is the largest of its kind in the world. The reserve is a 15,000-square-mile stretch over the ...