Nighttime Images From NASA Show Earth’s Glow Intensifying—Yet Shadows Deepen in Select Spots
GREENBELT, Maryland, May 26, 2026, 14:04 EDT NASA’s Black Marble satellite data, spotlighted by Space.com on May 20, shows Earth glowing more at night overall, but with plenty of regions going the opposite way—getting dimmer. From 2014 through 2022, global nighttime radiance climbed 34%, as tracked by the NASA sensors. The numbers capture a complicated story: cities growing, power grids
