NASA Images Reveal Earth’s Nights Are Growing Brighter, With Unexpected Effects
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2026, 15:02 EDT NASA’s updated satellite maps are putting an odd split in Earth’s nighttime glow into focus: the planet’s getting brighter as a whole, but a lot of settled regions are fading. The latest Black Marble images, released this week, pick up new swathes of illumination over China, northern India, stretches of Southeast Asia, and pieces
