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Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says

Space Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says December 7, 20255:07 PM ET By Chandelis Duster The Hubble Space Telescope drifts through space in a picture taken from the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1997. A study finds reflections cast by satellites could ruin images taken by telescopes. NASA via/ hide caption toggle caption NASA via/ Reflections cast by a growing number of satellites orbiting the Earth could ruin more than 95% of images taken by some space telescopes in the next decade, according to a NASA-led study.

Light from satellites will ruin majority of some space telescope images, study says

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Key Highlights

  • The reflected light shows up as streaks called satellite trails.
  • It's been seen in images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
  • The situation is only getting worse as more satellites accumulate in orbit, according to researchers.
  • The study, published in Nature on Wednesday, predicts that other telescopes could deliver streak-filled images, including NASA's SPHEREx, the European Space Agency's ARRAKIHS and China's Xuntian Space Telescope.
  • SPHEREx launched this year while ARRAKIHS and Xuntian have yet to launch.
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