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Satellites or stars: What would happen if the night sky filled with space debris and we could no longer see the cosmos?

An ESO study warns that satellite megaconstellations could compromise ground-based astronomy. Researchers propose a limit of 100,000 faint satellites, compared with the nearly 2 million expected to be launched over the coming years.One hour of satellite passes over the northern Atacama Desert in Chile (October 2025). Credit: F. Kamphues, ESO/M. Kornmesser.The night sky is becoming increasingly crowded with artificial satellites. Those operating …
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Yourweather.co.uk | Meteored broke the news on Tuesday, July 14, 2026.
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