Plans for a housing scheme have been opposed over fears light pollution from the development will impact on a nearby ...

Light pollution is getting worse with Teesside and Tyneside the worst affected areas outside London. They are also the fastest growing black spots in the country. The government promises action but ...

Our night sky is rapidly disappearing. At our current rate of dumping excess light into the world, a child born today who could see 250 stars right now from their nearby night sky will only be able to ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

Light pollution is helping to drive the so-called 'insect apocalypse', experts warn, contributing to fears that 40 per cent of all bug species will be lost within decades. Artificial light at night ...

It's not just astronomers that have a problem with light pollution, a new study has found it is causing mental health problems for teenagers living in cities. A team from the US National Institute for ...

Excessive exposure to light pollution at night could increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, says US researchers. Alzheimer’s disease affects over 940,000 people in the UK today, and this number is ...

Starry night skies are near impossible to admire if you're living in a city heavily polluted by light. There may be thousands of stars visible to the naked eye from remote areas of planet Earth, but ...

How many stars can you see at night? The Campaign to Protect Rural England says only 2% of people who took part in its star census were able to experience a truly dark sky, defined as when more than ...

If you're watching TV with your Christmas tree lights on and various other ornaments and decorations twinkling in the ...