Help protect the dark sky

Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.

Here’s what we can do to help preserve the dark sky for future generations. Hi, I’m Fred Watson – watch Australia’s astronomer-at-large explain why it is so important to protect the night sky from artificial light pollution.

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Turning sleeplessness into stargazing

Program: All In the Mind,  ABC RN, 11 Aug 2024 – with James Bullen

Can’t sleep? Worries keeping you up at night? It might be time to look to the stars. For National Science Week, we’re investigating the relationship between the night sky and mental wellbeing. So can spending time under the night sky give you a mood boost? And if it does … why? Looking for more nature in your life? Check out our episode Nature prescriptions — just what the doctor ordered. 

Have you ever gone on a night walk? (Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash)