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When I was a kid, my family lived in suburban Washington, D.C. This made being a budding amateur astronomer tough; most stars were invisible against the overhead glare from city lights. At best, there was…
A shooting star crosses through the Milky Way over Pinnacle Pass. This rocky passage was the only outlet for wagons from City of Rocks during the 1840s to 1880s. Photo credit: Savana Jones. CITY OF…
A new study has found that light pollution is making the night sky brighter and the stars dimmer. The study examined data from more than 50,000 citizen star watchers across the world. It found that…
When I was a kid, my family lived in suburban Washington, D.C. This made being a budding amateur astronomer tough; most stars were invisible against the overhead glare from city lights. At best, there was…
A new study has found that light pollution is making the night sky brighter and the stars dimmer. The study examined data from more than 50,000 citizen star watchers across the world. It found that…
When I was a kid, my family lived in suburban Washington, D.C. This made being a budding amateur astronomer tough; most stars were invisible against the overhead glare from city lights. At best, there was…
A new study has found that light pollution is making the night sky brighter and the stars dimmer. The study examined data from more than 50,000 citizen star watchers across the world. It found that…
When I was a kid, my family lived in suburban Washington, D.C. This made being a budding amateur astronomer tough; most stars were invisible against the overhead glare from city lights. At best, there was…
A new study has found that light pollution is making the night sky brighter and the stars dimmer. The study examined data from more than 50,000 citizen star watchers across the world. It found that…
When I was a kid, my family lived in suburban Washington, D.C. This made being a budding amateur astronomer tough; most stars were invisible against the overhead glare from city lights. At best, there was…