Flagstaff mandates that shielding be placed on outdoor lighting so that it doesn’t project skyward. There are also limits on the lumens of light allowed per acre of land.The result is a starry sky visible even from the heart of the city. Flagstaff’s Buffalo Park, just a couple miles from downtown, measures about a 4 on the Bortle scale, which quantifies the level of light pollution. (The scale goes from 1, the darkest skies possible, to 9, similar to the light-polluted night sky of, say, New York City. To...
Business & FinanceEnvironment05 March 2024, 2:23 pm 1 minute
Reuters exclusively reported that a United Nations-backed alliance of banks is proposing its members disclose more...
British researchers have unearthed some 200 dinosaur footprints dating back 166 million years in a find believed to be biggest in the United Kingdom.Teams...
After the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the PSLV-C60 carrying the SpaDeX spacecraft on Monday, marking its final mission of 2024, the...
Weapons in space. Fighter jets powered by artificial intelligence.As the Biden administration comes to a close, one of its legacies will be kicking off...
You’ve got dinner in the oven, you’re looking for extra glasses, and your cousin’s kid screams (again), "What’s the Wi-Fi password?" You’re juggling...
Environment24 May 2024, 2:40 pm 1 minute
Reuters exclusively reported that the world’s small island states plan to join forces to push for debt relief...
Zhenbo Wang is an associate professor of mechanical, aerospace and biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee.In 2024, space exploration dazzled the world.NASA's Europa Clipper began...