Satellite Swarms Now Threaten Space Telescopes
The growing swarm of satellites in low-Earth orbit now threatens to blind space telescopes, a problem once thought to be limited to ground-based observatories.
#Astronomy#Space Telescopes#Satellites
#Light Pollution
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