#megaconstellations

#megaconstellations

Today the globe is circled by thousands of active satelliteseach prone to photobombing astronomers' telescopes as an artificial star zipping across the night sky. Scientists working with ground-based observatories such as the cutting-edge Vera C. Rubin Observatory have long worried about this visual interferencebut as satellites continue to proliferate, space-based telescopes, including the beloved Hubble Space Telescope, are beginning to suffer, too. And the problem is only going to get worse.