Light pollution

How does light pollution affect astronomy and our life in general? Find out why light pollution is bad and how you can reduce it.

Why light pollution may be linked to greater risk of Alzheimer’s disease

Instead of consuming less, we're consuming more.

Address light pollution with responsible outdoor lighting practices. Effective strategies to minimize its impact on nighttime environment.

What proportion of Britain do you reckon is built on? By that I mean covered by buildings, roads, car parks, railways, paths and so on - what people might call "concreted over". Go on - have a guess.

Over the years, there have been a number of strange and audacious projects to send shiny objects into space, designed to remain visible from Earth like the International Space Station but on a much grander scale (and with more commercial motivations). In the 1980s, the Celestis Corporation began launching human cremains into orbit, including the ashes

Light Pollution

Exposure to artificial light at night can causes at least one species of fish to behave more courageously during the day, and that could put them in danger

We begin with the greatest impediment of all to observing the heavens in today’s world. Light pollution is excessive or misdirected artific...

A infographic that shows the effects of light pollution on the wildlife.