A third of us can't see the Milky Way. Can we fix that?.........

A third of us can't see the Milky Way. Can we alter that? csmonitor symbol Latest News Put something aside for some other time Subscribe People are illuminating the Earth like a Christmas tree, shutting out light from somewhere else in the universe. Is that an issue? Assuming this is the case, would we be able to tackle it? By Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Staff essayist JUNE 10, 2016 Put something aside for some other time Kindness of Dan DuriscoeView CaptionAbout video adsView Caption On the off chance that you gaze upward on a pitch dark, cloudless night, you may have the capacity to see whatever is left of our world, the Milky Way, extending over the sky. "It resembles a jeweled floor covering over us," says Christopher Elvidge, a researcher in the Earth Observation Group of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information. "It's fabulous." Be that as it may, you can't see it from just anyplace. For 33% of the world's populace, the Milky Way is overwhelmed by the shine of road lights, splendid bulletins, and other fake light spilling out into the night.