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The world’s largest communications satellite is a photobomb threat, astronomers warn

The world’s largest communications satellite, BlueWalker 3, leaves strong white lines in time-lapse images of the cosmos because it’s so bright. (Image credit: CLEOsat/Ckoirama Observatory/IAU CPS. E. Unda-Sanzana) (opens in a new tab) A giant new communications satellite that eclipses nearly every star in the night sky is obscuring telescopes’ view of the universe, scientists …

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