Elon Musk’s 6,350 Starlink Satellites ‘Blinding’ Our View Of Space
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Light from Starlink satellites is getting in the way of science.
Photo: Mehmet Akif Parlak/Anadolu Agency (Getty Images)
In This Story The huge number of Starlink satellites in orbit
is blocking our view of the cosmos and the radiation emitted by the crafts is interfering with all kinds of delicate instruments here on Earth. As the BBC explains:
Radio waves from Elon Musk’s growing network of satellites are blocking scientists’ ability to peer into the universe, according to researchers in the Netherlands.
The new generation of Starlink satellites, which provide fast internet around the world, are interfering more with radio telescopes than earlier versions, they say.
The thousands of orbiting satellites are “blinding” radio telescopes and may be hindering astronomical research, according to Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON).
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The interference that the satellites are causing is a headache for researchers, who say that they see “less and less of the sky” as the Starlink fleet expands, reports Futurism
. As a result, research into galaxies, stars and exoplanets that lie “millions and millions of light years away” is under threat.
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