A proposed constellation of satellites has astronomers very worried.
Unlike satellites that reflect sunlight and produce light pollution as an unfortunate byproduct,
the ones by US startup
"Reflect Orbital" would produce light pollution by design.
The company promises to produce “sunlight on demand” with mirrors that beam sunlight down to Earth so solar farms can operate after sunset.
It plans to start with an 18-metre test satellite named Earendil-1 wh…
Fixed it for you:
»Wieder flexibler werden«: Ministerin Reiche stellt EU-Klimakollaps für 2050 infrage - finde erst später statt!
Von EUlenSPIEGEL
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/katherina-reiche-st…
Dieser Scheiß Milliardärsnazi will uns den Sternenhimmel mit EINER. MILLION. SATELLITEN zerstören.
https://news.ubc.ca/2026/03/a-million-new-spacex-satellites-will-destroy-the-night-sky-for-everyone-on-earth/
The Geology of a Small Main-belt S-class Binary Asteroid System - #Dinkinesh and Its Contact Binary Satellite #Selam as Observed by the #Lucy Mission: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ae1968 -> Details on Dinkinesh and Its Surprise Satellite from the Lucy Mission: https://aasnova.org/2026/03/20/details-on-dinkinesh-and-its-surprise-satellite-from-the-lucy-mission/
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Eine Million SpaceX-Satelliten und Sonnenspiegel: Dramatische Appelle an die FCC