February 2026: Connections.

About this episode

This episode features discussions on light pollution and its impact on wildlife and astronomy with various guests.

This episode's guests: Shweta Kulkarni, AstronEra.Josh Dury, Award Winning Photographer.Jim Webster, Advocate.Bill's News Picks: Explore NASA’s most detailed map of the night sky yet, Andrew Paul, Popular Science. Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy, Nature. Minimizing aviation lighting duration reduces bat attraction to wind turbines, Journal of Applied Ecology. Tawny owls are turning to street lighting to help them hunt, British Ecological S...

People in this episode

Guests: Shweta Kulkarni, Josh Dury, Jim Webster

Topics covered

• light pollution
• astronomy
• wildlife
• aviation
• satellites
• environment

Keywords

• light pollution
• astronomy
• wildlife
• aviation lighting
• satellite megaconstellations
• night sky

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AstronEra, NASA, Popular Science, Nature, Journal of Applied Ecology, British Ecological Society

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