There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope ...
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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 will also contaminate observations by four space telescopes, including Hubble ...
Astronomers have long been concerned about reflections from satellites showing up in images taken by telescopes and other ...
U.S. and Chinese satellites routinely spy on each other in orbit, rehearsing for more aggressive operations in the event of ...
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100,000 satellites are taking over space, and turning the night sky into a bright mess
The increasing number of satellites in space is making it harder for astronomers to study distant galaxies. With more and more spacecraft in orbit, the night sky is getting brighter, and space ...
Less than four months after an August ribbon-cutting, L3Harris announced the $100 million satellite facility has ramped up to ...
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Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket launches first pair of Galileo satellites in major space milestone
On December 17, 2025, Europe achieved another milestone in its space exploration ambitions with the successful launch of two ...
Space may seem infinite, but it looks like things are getting a little crowded in low Earth orbit. Michael Nicolls, ...
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