Light pollution is increasing worldwide, leaving a significant impact on our wildlife. Artificial light at night, also known as ALAN, is growing at an average annual rate of approximately 2-2.2%. A ...

PAGE, Ariz. – Staring up at the night sky in northern Arizona as a child, John Barentine saw something unexpected: thousands of stars. An amateur astronomer living in a city, Barentine was used to ...

Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

“Having a night without light pollution is a powerful reminder of the actions that we as a campus can take to enhance our ability to perceive the more-than-human world,” says Fonte, who is also a ...

Richard Green is affiliated with the International Astronomical Union and the American Astronomical Society, as well as DarkSky International. Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can ...

The night sky—the silent dark between stars—is a living commons bridging Earth, life, and spirit. As the 13th‑century Zen master Eihei Dōgen taught in Keisei Sanshokuor “The Sound of the Streams, the ...