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More Than 500,000 Satellites Are Set to Orbit Earth by 2040. They May End Up Photobombing the Images Captured by Space Telescopes

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters ...
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NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is fully built. Could it launch earlier than expected?

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now fully assembled and ready to begin launch preparations this summer.

Satellite boom is a 'growing threat' to space telescopes: NASA study

A new NASA-led study found that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from ...

Hubble Space Telescope caught a second glimpse of comet 3I/ATLAS

According to NASA, Hubble took its latest photo of 3I/ATLAS on November 30 using its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument. At that ...
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A Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Growing, but Scientists Say Not to Worry. Here’s a Look at What Shields Us From Space Weather

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t ...

NASA study shows how satellite 'light pollution' hinders space telescopes

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications ...

Astronomers warn satellite growth may contaminate nearly all space telescope data

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could ...
Scientific American

Satellites Swarming Low-Earth Orbit Threaten Space Telescopes

Proliferating satellites are beginning to harm the science work of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories ...
The Economist

Surging satellite numbers threaten to dazzle even space telescopes

Starlink is growing fast, and SpaceX has filed paperwork for as many as 42,000 satellites. Others such as OneWeb, Amazon, ...
Nature

Photobombing satellites could ruin the night sky for space telescopes

Astronomical images could be blemished by bright streaks, if plans for huge numbers of satellites go ahead — plus, the ...

Day 3 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar

The third day of the 18th annual Space Telescope Advent Calendar features a deep-space image of more than 100 galaxies close ...

NASA completes Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction

NASA's next big eye on the cosmos is now fully assembled. On Nov. 25, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the ...