Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hong Kong Light Pollution Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images Our night sky is rapidly disappearing. At our current rate of dumping excess ...

America's rapid adoption of LED lighting saves money and uses less electricity. But it's also making it harder to see the stars. Light pollution comes from excessive artificial light that causes the ...

Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the ...

The morning sun is hidden behind clouds facing the East Foothills during sunrise at the Palo Alto Baylands. Photo by Veronica Weber. For Palo Alto’s conservationists, the adoption of a “dark sky” law ...

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On a crisp night last fall in the Arizona desert, I stood amid sand and scrub at the intersection of Valencia and Kolb on the outskirts of Tucson and beheld a gleaming gas station. To say that this ...

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When I was a kid, my family lived in suburban Washington, D.C. This location made being a budding amateur astronomer tough; most stars were invisible against the overhead glare from city lights. At ...

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Light pollution is a man-made problem caused by the excessive use of artificial lights, especially at night. These lights can disrupt natural sleep cycles, waste energy, and even mislead migratory ...