Public service post and opinion by James Daly, Ph.D. All of us who have been doing astronomy, professionally or as a hobby, for much of their lives, never really had to worry that the night sky itself would be gone, in whole or in part — until now. After all, the sky and the universe[…]
Opinion by James Daly, Ph.D, Astronomer, Curator and Author We’ve written extensively on this subject as it is impossible to overstate the threat to ground-based Astronomy this project poses and have chronicled the various professional facilities and how they will be effected: #SpaceX #Starlink Project Tops Shortlist Of Really Bad Ideas #Starlink (#SpaceX) Update and[…]
Editor’s note: normally, the writers and editors here at AFC remain politically neutral but the gravity of this story compels us to take a definitive position. For those who follow us and have been following Starlink, Elon Musk’s and SpaceX’s forays above and in orbit around our planet and how they’re deploying their “Mega Satellite[…]
Since this is a fluid situation (the planned launch of the next round of Starlink satellites on April 15th has been postponed), we will be publishing new stories as the situation evolves. We recently published an update to our original story reporting on the effects and aftermath of SpaceX’s first-round launch of 60 Starlink Satellites[…]
