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Observations with the LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) radio telescope last year showed that first generation Starlink satellites emit unintended radio waves that can hinder astronomical observations. New observations with the LOFAR radio telescope, the biggest radio telescope on Earth observing at low frequencies, have shown that the second generation ’V2-mini’ Starlink satellites emit up to 32 times brighter unintended radio waves than satellites from the previous generation, potentially blinding radio telescopes and crippling vital research of the Universe.

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Some of Musk's bootlickers have said to me, offline in person, that the le epic Starlink debris in space fucking with astronomy (as it has for a while now) "will only encourage the exodus off planet" followed by the PR spiel about "humans must become interplanetary species."

May as well say that the cradle must be burned with the baby in it so the baby is encouraged to compete in Olympic track and field.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 2 months ago

All those sci-fi movies about human beings acting as an interplanetary infection only to find retribution at the hands (paws? Claws? Appendages) of an eldritch creature taught us nothing 😔