An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in rural and remote areas worldwide. It also has ...

David Schechter is a national environmental correspondent and the host of "On the Dot with David Schechter," a guided journey to explore how we're changing the earth and earth is changing us. Aparna ...

"These two things cannot be in the same place. It's as simple as that." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers are sounding ...

A high-stakes face-off is brewing in the arid deserts of northern Chile, between astronomers building the world’s largest optical telescope and a proposed green energy megaproject from an ...

Richard Green is affiliated with the International Astronomical Union and the American Astronomical Society, as well as DarkSky International. Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can ...

Have you ever seen the Milky Way? Only 20 percent of people in the U.S. live in a location where they can. Away from light pollution, the wide, ghostly band almost looks like clouds, and the stars ...