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Starlink is increasingly interfering with astronomy, scientists say (www.semafor.com)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

That’s fucking crazy, especially to think this wasn’t even a problem (on the same scale) more than 5 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago

It is crazy, and as I said in another comment this is going to be exponential. We will have many mega constellations like starlink in the next decade.