The BlueWalker 3 satellite ... details in the night sky. A brighter night sky poses problems for wildlife, like birds who navigate by starlight. And over history, our view of the stars has also ...

The satellite imagery revealed that night-time light declined by 20% over urban South Africa between 2016 and 2023. However, some suburbs remained curiously bright even when the power was out.

The usefulness of night lights is not limited to a single indicator in economics. In fact, if we view each pixel of a night-light satellite image as a data point, an individual country such as the ...

Official GDP figures support this view. Since 2002 average reported economic ... he first obtained data on the brightness of countries’ lights at night, as measured by satellites, a well-known ...

According to a statement from the EUMETSAT, the satellite's imagers have a constant view of Africa, as well as Europe, and its data will be released for operational use soon. The organisation's ...