Inside the Quest To Darken Chile’s Atacama Desert Skies

Skyglow from hundreds of miles away can overwhelm the faint light emanating from astronomical objects. Now, a new regulation aims to darken the night skies.

By: Inverse

May 20 2024
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Growing up in Chile’s Atacama Desert, Paulina Villalobos thought the Milky Way’s presence in the pristine starry skies was a given. Her father, an amateur astronomer, would wake her when a comet crossed the night sky. But Villalobos later moved to Sa... [9982 chars]

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