Night Lights From NASA Show An Earth Growing Brighter, Less Stable
GREENBELT, Maryland, May 21, 2026, 07:16 EDT NASA’s new Black Marble night-light maps reveal that between 2014 and 2022, Earth’s nighttime brightness increased, but the story isn’t as linear as scientists once thought. Instead, the data shows more turbulence: patches of light intensifying and fading right next to each other, driven by factors like city expansion, conflict, shifting energy policy,
