Ira Flatow
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first heard Apr 2026
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Science Friday · Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution · 10 Jul 2026
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And so what did you learn about the night sky on this trip?
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And you sort of lose track of time, don't you?
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I want to bring on another guest to tell us more about the state of our night skies.
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John Barentine is an astronomer and principal consultant at Dark Sky Consulting.
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Welcome to Science Friday.
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Thank you for having me on the program, Ira.
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You're welcome.
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I know you've been working for a long time on trying to keep skies dark at night.
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Are there any bright spots, so to speak?
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I want to talk about a report called Artificial Light at Night, the State of the Science 2026.
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The report mentions data centers in the sky, stuff people don't want in their backyards, a potential new addition to SkyGlo up there orbiting the Earth.
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Tell us about that.
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I cannot imagine a million new satellites with solar panels on them orbiting.
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Now, the report also calls out LED lighting.
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It's so cheap, relatively speaking, compared to incandescent, that more people are leaving more lights on, right?
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You know, I noticed this spring that a few people are putting signs out in their neighborhoods asking people to turn off their lights at night from migrating birds.
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This seems like a relatively new development.
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Right.
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Right.
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I want to address this question to both of you because it's something I'm very interested in.
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