Oil vs. Astronomy: The Race to Protect the Night Sky in West Texas

Jeff Mosier | Dallas News   |   January 6, 2019

West Texas is famed worldwide for its vast crude oil reserves. But for over 75 years, a small patch of the Permian Basin has also been valued for its pitch-black night sky.

Those two prized natural resources have clashed in recent years as oil drilling has brightened the sky near McDonald Observatory. A collaboration between the petroleum industry and the observatory — home of North America's largest telescope — appears to have made progress in slowing the creeping light pollution.

Read the story at: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/energy/2019/01/06/oil-vs-astronomy-race-protect-night-sky-west-texas

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