CNN Science: Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again

By Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN

When a series of lightning strikes took down power across New York City on the night of July 13, 1977, streetlights, neon signs, and the bright lights of houses and skyscrapers went dark.

And just like that, for the first time in decades, the Milky Way could be seen streaked across the black sky, speckled by thousands of shimmering stars.

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