In THE ONCE AND FUTURE NIGHT, acclaimed science journalist Joshua Sokol digs into humanity’s ancient relationship with the night sky and makes an urgent case for its restoration before our views of the stars are lost forever.

The night sky is an environment we are giving up without even noticing. Light pollution threatens the sky from below, and industrial and military satellites loom above. In defense of the cosmos, Sokol reveals new research on the enmeshment of terrestrial and celestial environments, explaining how crucial the stars are to a wide array of animal species and delving into findings that extend to our own health and social wellbeing. Something all our ancestors had is almost gone.

But there is still time.

This wonder-filled, deeply researched history urges us to look up and reclaim our deep connection to the stars.