More people participating in the citizen science project Globe At Night could help fill gaps in what astronomers know about ...

Moths are declining at a rapid rate in the U.K., and artificial lighting is to blame for the decrease in population.

The national park’s next major step has been to establish a Northern England Dark-Sky Alliance to halt the growth of light ...

Good sleep hygiene calls for, among other things, a cool, dark and relaxing environment. It turns out the dark part is key to helping prevent heart disease. People who are exposed to more artificial ...

Earth's satellite problem is only getting worse as time goes on and more satellites are sent into orbit. One of the chief issues with the number of satellites in orbit is how much they can affect our ...

We are all aware of sound pollution, yet we remain largely unaware or indifferent to the growing menace of light pollution.

For most of their history, moths navigated the night by the moon and stars. Today, that natural map is being drowned out by ...

Light pollution poses a growing threat to moths. In her Lightstar project, which has been awarded a prestigious EU Starting ...

Artificial light, while beneficial to humans, has disrupted the natural day-night cycle and created light pollution, negatively affecting wildlife. Humans also suffer from light pollution, ...

Astronomers are sounding alarm bells as the world's most precious sky-observing location faces a risk of being blinded by light pollution due to a planned renewable energy project. The U.S. energy ...

Artificial light from major coastal cities can disrupt the nighttime biology of sharks, according to new research that provides the first-ever measurements of melatonin—a hormone tied to biological ...

Sacramento is one of California’s most light polluted cities. The Bortle scale is a nine-level numeric scale measuring the night sky's brightness of specific locations with one being perfect ...