Starlink is the name of a satellite network ... likened the impact of megaconstellations on astronomy to light pollution. The report said the sky may brighten by a factor of two to three due ...

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Advocates for limits on indiscriminate outdoor lighting that obscures night skies worldwide are recognizing efforts by an oil ...

Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...

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Dec. 17, 2024 — New technology could remotely identify various types of plastics, offering a valuable tool for future monitoring and analysis of oceanic plastic pollution. A new hyperspectral ...

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BANGKOK: Over a million people suffered from several diseases caused by PM2.5 air pollution during fiscal year 2024 (October 1, 2023 - September 31, 2024), the Public Health Ministry revealed on ...