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Nature Briefing:  "Light threatens world-class telescopes." Views expressed in this science, space, and technology news are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 19 March 2025, 2207 UTC. Content and Source:  https://www.nature.com Please check link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com). View this email in your browser Wednesday 19 March 2025 Hello   Nature   readers, Today we hear concerns for the dark skies over the world’s leading telescopes, explore Earth’s oldest crater and learn what percentage of children have genetic paternity other than that in family records. Chile’s Paranal Observatory has the advantage of extremely dark skies — which are at risk from a proposed energy project that would span 3,000 hectares in the Atacama Desert.   (ESO/P. Horálek) Light threatens world-class telescopes Light pollution and atmospheric turbulence from a g...