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 ...

Light pollution and its trademark “skyglow” is getting worse. Much worse. It’s getting so serious that stars, beautiful open clusters and even distant galaxies in the night sky there were ...

The University of Groningen has launched a public campaign to measure the amount of darkness in the Netherlands, highlighting the importance of p ...