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Starlink is increasingly interfering with astronomy, scientists say (www.semafor.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

In the next decade we will have maybe a dozen companies or entities with mega constellations like starlink, this issue will only get worse not better. Ground based astronomy for scientific purposes seems like it's reached the end of being feasible.