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A new NASA-led study found that the increasing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit could ruin up to 96% of images from some orbiting telescopes.

Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and UCLA will develop a next-generation instrument for detecting and studying the formation of planets around nearby stars, supported by a $2 million gift from the Kavli Foundation and individual philanthropy.

Proliferating satellites are beginning to harm the science work of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories

Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes Many of the images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope will be blemished by satellite trails if plans to launch megaconstellations succeed.

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

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has puzzled astronomers with behaviour inconsistent with known comet physics. Its unusual anti-tail, which remains sun-facing rather than typical comet behaviour, has cast doubt on the ability of current survey telescopes to detect the full range of interstellar objects passing through our Solar System.

A NASA study predicts that 96% of the images from the ARRAKIHS mission will be contaminated by the light from the more than 500,000 devices that Starlink and other megaconstellations intend to launch

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could contaminate almost all the images taken by space telescopes, NASA astronomers warned Wednesday.

Satellite constellations are a relatively new threat to astronomy; prior to the drop in launch costs driven by SpaceX’s reusable rockets, the largest constellations in orbit consisted of a few dozen satellites. But the rapid growth of the Starlink system caused problems for ground-based astronomy that are not easy to solve.