An ex-NASA physicist warns that cheap satellite megaconstellations like Starlink could disrupt Earth's magnetosphere and expose all life to deadly cosmic rays by burning up wireless internet satellite debris into Earth's atmosphere, creating a layer of 'conductive particulate.'
Particles from Starlink satellites can distort Earth's magnetic field and cause atmospheric stripping, potentially similar to what happened to Mars and Mercury, as tens of thousands of more satellites are planned to be launched.
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