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"We're protecting an entire sky shed," Hummel said. "You can stand in the middle, and everywhere as far as you can see along the horizon is still part of the dark sky reserve." Hummel said the reason ...

While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across North America, the Big Bend area in Texas has fended off the light glow that washes out starry nights.

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"We're protecting an entire sky shed," said Stephen Hummel, the dark skies coordinator at McDonald Observatory, which is managed by the University of Texas.

National | NPR As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world's largest 'dark sky reserve' While recent research shows the night sky is getting brighter every year across ...