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Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

Light pollution is set to double between now and 2050

22 November 2017

The first global “light census” shows that the area affected by artificial lighting is growing by 2.2 per cent every year, posing risks to wildlife and human health
A layer of haze keeps Pluto’s atmosphere extremely cold

A layer of haze keeps Pluto’s atmosphere extremely cold

15 November 2017

Pluto is far from the sun, so astronomers expect its atmosphere to be cold, but it's colder than predicted. Now we know that soot sends the sun’s heat back into space

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