Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caexternal-linkmessage-square141linkfedilinkarrow-up1608arrow-down15
arrow-up1603arrow-down1external-linkA million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earthnews.ubc.caBeep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square141linkfedilink
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 hours agoThere are roughly 15,000 total at the moment ? I wonder what that will do to animals and insects lives.
minus-squarethedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·9 hours 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-up9arrow-down3·9 hours agoThere aren’t many animals or insects in low-earth orbit though, thankfully.
minus-squareTheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 hours agoYeah but they use the light to navigate too. They use this planet too.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoI think local illumination is probably going to be more of a problem than reflected light of a satellite.
minus-squarealsimoneau@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoBeetles have been shown to rely on the milky way for navigation.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 hours 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-up1·3 hours 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.