The city of Palo Alto is considering new rules to cut out light pollution and they could go so far as a 10 p.m. curfew on all ...

For Palo Alto's conservationists, the adoption of a "dark sky" law is a bright idea that is long overdue. But as the City ...

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Humans, birds and several other animals are finding it increasingly challenging to experience night-time uninterrupted by artificial light, while some creatures are handling the change better than ...

An ornithologist spent four decades tracking 40,000 bird deaths at a single building. His records paved the way to better ...

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 ...

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While a number of UK national parks have dark sky status, there is not yet a designated dark sky city. Astronomer Richard Darn says smartphones are making stargazing and astronomy more accessible.