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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 week ago

Don't let mega-constellation-building billionaires steal your night sky

We are firmly in the era of the satellite constellation—groups of dozens of similar satellites—and are currently entering the era of the mega constellation, wherein groups of thousands of satellites swarm the skies. The clusters of satellites started small, but, like a viral outbreak, they grew almost without us noticing—and now we're dealing with a pandemic.
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fromNature
3 months ago

Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes

Satellite mega-constellations could render space-based telescope images unusable by creating overwhelming light pollution from reflected sunlight.
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