Space Daily·3 min read·medium
A child who can see 250 stars today may see fewer than 100 from the same place at eighteen: 51,351 naked-eye observations found the night sky brightening far faster than satellites had measured
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Lachlan Brown
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A study based on citizen-science observations indicates that artificial light pollution is increasing global sky brightness by nearly 10% annually. This rapid rise threatens to significantly reduce the number of stars visible to the naked eye within a single generation.
Artificial light pollution is erasing the stars twice as fast as satellites suggested, threatening to dim humanity's oldest natural wonder within a single generation.
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