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'Unacceptable to our people': Diverse cultural beliefs, Indigenous rights, and the future of human activities on the Moon
John C. Barentine
The human presence in outer space is undergoing a transition from one in which nation states are the dominant actors to an emerging status quo in which states merely supervise the…
The VIIRS-DNB radiance product is insufficient to assess the effect of "cool pavement" materials on nighttime radiances of treated areas
John C. Barentine
In warmer climates, cities face the prospect of higher air temperatures in summer compared to historical averages due to the urban heat island effect. An approach intended to addre…
All People, One Sky: A Foundation for IAU CPS Community Engagement
John C. Barentine, Jessica Heim
This report first describes the status quo regarding the emerging deployment of very large groups of low-Earth-orbit satellites in the late 2010s, the concerns raised by the intern…
Noctalgia (sky grief): Our Brightening Night Skies and Loss of Environment for Astronomy and Sky Traditions
Aparna Venkatesan, John C. Barentine
Fifty years after the first mention of light pollution in Science, the journal recently elevated this topic to the cover of its 16 June 2023 issue, highlighting the large impact on…
Aggregate Effects of Proliferating LEO Objects and Implications for Astronomical Data Lost in the Noise
John C. Barentine, Aparna Venkatesan, Jessica Heim +3
The rising population of artificial satellites and associated debris in low-altitude orbits is increasing the overall brightness of the night sky, threatening ground-based astronom…
Reimagining Near-Earth Space Policy in a Post-COVID World
John C. Barentine, Jessica Heim, Aparna Venkatesan +2
Our planet and our species are at an existential crossroads. In the long term, climate change threatens to upend life as we know it, while the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic revealed th…