When the Internet from space dazzles astronomers

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  • 06 May 2020
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Pollution on Earth is decreasing in this time of pandemic. But another type of pollution is emerging: light pollution from space. The cause: the 2,000 satellites already in orbit of the Starlink project, which aims to provide Internet access via 12,000 additional objects! This development does not please astronomers at all, as these satellites moving across the sky are disrupting their observations.