The bright side: global 'light pollution' obscures starry nights
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 14:40
in Astronomy & Space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Vincent van Gogh peered out the window of the Saint-Paul asylum at the nighttime sky in Saint-Rémy in 1889, he saw the brilliant light of innumerable stars over southern France that inspired his evocative painting "The Starry Night."