South African astronomers are raising concerns about the disruptions the satellite could cause to our highly sensitive ...

The Sun is now more active than it has been in over a decade. This intense phase is part of its natural cycle, which repeats every 11 years. In late 2024, the Sun reached a peak period known as the ...

But radio astronomy is maybe even going to be more ... Lewis also expressed concerns that Starlink's operator SpaceX, a newcomer into the satellite business, is now the single most dominant ...

Astronomers' attempts to study the earliest universe could be threatened by SpaceX Starlink satellites leaking radio ...

There are mounting concerns about the impact of Starlink and other satellite services on radioastronomy in South Africa.

Thousands of satellites with incredibly short lifetimes are being sent up into low Earth orbit. When they fall back down they ...

However, the radio emission detected in this new study concerns electromagnetic ... there is hope that SpaceX and Starlink will work to mitigate UEMR and its impact on astronomy in the future.

That's still enough to interfere with radio astronomy observations ... it was in discussions with Starlink's parent company SpaceX to mitigate some of the issues, and the company was negotiating ...

Astronomers working with South Africa's SKA telescope are pushing authorities to ensure that any licensing agreement with ...

A trio of heliophysicists and satellite trackers at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute at the University of Maryland has found evidence showing that ...

SpaceX's new Starlink satellites produce 32 times more radio noise than their predecessors, causing concerns among astronomers about their interference with radio astronomy observations.

China has begun construction of a mega constellation that will eventually consist of nearly 14,000 satellites, but the launch of the first 18 is already sparking concerns from astronomers about ...