With light pollution on the rise, it’s getting harder and harder to find places where you can see the stars at night. A map of Europe illustrates how rare truly dark skies are nowadays. One Redditor shared a map that depicts light pollution in Europe.

If you live in or near a crowded city and have tried to see the stars or a meteor shower in the night sky, you probably had little luck. The reason is light pollution. Light pollution is when urban centers, or larger, more populated cities, artificially ...

Scientists say that undisrupted light comes with ecological, behavioral, and health consequences. NATE BIDDLE VIA PEXELS. “Nightly light pollution – a modifiable environmental factor – may be an important risk factor for Alzheimer’s.” The ...

Light pollution, defined as the improper use and overexposure to artificial light at night, has emerged as a significant global environmental issue with far-reaching consequences. Research shows that artificial light disrupts natural day-night cycles ...

Exposure to outdoor light at night could put people at a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to a new study published in Frontiers in Neuroscience. "We show that, in the U.S., there is a positive association between AD ...

“The light pollution is tremendously worse. Out by Naperville we could see the glow in the nighttime sky of Chicago off in the distance, but it only went a little ways up in the sky,” he said. “Over the years we watched it get brighter and then extend overhead and all the way to the other horizon and just take over the sky.”

Light pollution is a known hazard to migratory birds, leading to impacts with buildings and general disorientation among the winged travelers. But little is known about the impacts artificial light could have on backyard birds that don't travel long distances.

If you're in Washington state and missed seeing the northern lights over the weekend that resulted from a "severe" G4-level geomagnetic storm, you'll get another chance on Monday night. A second alert for a G3-level storm was issued by the National Ocean ...