As humankind enters the twenty-first century, ours is the first generation where the majority of children cannot routinely see the night sky in all its splendor and glory. The problem is caused by light pollution, excess or misdirected artificial light...

Light pollution, also known as photopollution or luminous pollution, is excess or obtrusive light created by humans. Among other effects, it disrupts ecosystems, can cause adverse health effects, obscures the stars for city dwellers, and interferes with...

Residents of McLean should be applauded for standing up to the corporate fast-food chain restaurants and gas stations that are making suburbia "glow" from the use of excessive and inexpensive site lighting under the auspices of "safety" {"Bright Lights Have Residents Glaring," Metro, July...

AS EARTH'S HUMAN POPULATION GROWS, and more people gain access to power supplies, the amount of light flooding the night sky continues to soar. A mere one third of the world's people can stiII spy the Milky Way galaxy at night. Light pollution...

A U.S. study focusing on global sea turtle populations has found that half a dozen species are still endangered or threatened despite promising increases in the number of adult females and nests, U.S. wildlife officials said Thursday.Officials with two U.S. federal agencies recently completed the...

From a clearing on top of a 2,300-foot mountain and with the naked eye, the wispy Milky Way seems close enough to touch. You can't, of course, but here at Cherry Springs State Park, you can get...