Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caexternal-linkmessage-square222linkfedilinkarrow-up1996arrow-down114
arrow-up1982arrow-down1external-linkA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square222linkfedilink
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·25 days agoThere are roughly 15,000 total at the moment ? I wonder what that will do to animals and insects lives.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·25 days agois already so bad. i do astro timelapses and it’s all you see anymore. they stand out so much now, if the quantity gets 100x’d it’ll be a nightmare. it will blot out the stars…
minus-squaresome_designer_dude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·25 days agoThere aren’t many animals or insects in low-earth orbit though, thankfully.
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·25 days agoYeah but they use the light to navigate too. They use this planet too.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·25 days agoI think local illumination is probably going to be more of a problem than reflected light of a satellite.
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoBeetles have been shown to rely on the milky way for navigation.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·25 days agoexactly nothing as most animals and insects can’t even see the stars; their sense of vision isn’t good enough for that.
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoBeetles have been shown to use the milky way for navigation.
There are roughly 15,000 total at the moment ? I wonder what that will do to animals and insects lives.
is already so bad. i do astro timelapses and it’s all you see anymore. they stand out so much now, if the quantity gets 100x’d it’ll be a nightmare.
it will blot out the stars…
There aren’t many animals or insects in low-earth orbit though, thankfully.
Yeah but they use the light to navigate too. They use this planet too.
I think local illumination is probably going to be more of a problem than reflected light of a satellite.
Beetles have been shown to rely on the milky way for navigation.
exactly nothing as most animals and insects can’t even see the stars; their sense of vision isn’t good enough for that.
Beetles have been shown to use the milky way for navigation.