Astronomy advocate says humans need to learn not to be afraid of the dark Parks Bob Parks wants the stars back. As a Boy Scout in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Parks was an avid stargazer from his home in suburban Washington, D.C. Then came college and career, and astronomy was on hold. In 1999, he picked up the telescope again. He was shocked: He could barely see the stars. "We pretty much destroyed the nighttime sky in a period of 25 years," Parks said. That got him "pissed off:" "I thought, ‘Who the hell did it? And how we can we get it back?'" These are not idle questions for Parks. Since 2010, he has been executive director of the International Dark-Sky… Read More