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A VIDEO of Elon Musk’s web of Starlink satellites has left onlookers stunned, as scientists warn of their little-known risks to the night sky.
There are, at most, around 9,000 stars visible to Earth’s view of the sky, and around 5,000 Starlink satellites, as of August.
The orange dots represent Starlink satellites.
According to new research, low-frequency radio waves are ‘leaking’ into the sky and hurting scientist’s ability to make astronomical observations.
Sky gazers fear that soon satellites will outnumber the amount of stars there are to see, according to comments made on Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
One onlooker called the video“depressing”, before adding: “Literally in only a few years they will outnumber the stars themselves.
“Gotta love lack of oversight that allows megalomaniacs to ruin the planet for everyone.”
Another added: “I don’t remember voting Musk to be tsar of space!
“That’s just a start because repeat this over again with China and India and other billionaire space Cowboys.”
However, Dr Kit Chapman, science historian and lecturer at Falmouth University, was quick to point out that these orange dots are not to scale.
Depressing AF, there's roughly 9k stars visible to the naked eye worldwide, there's already over 4k musk satellites, literally in only a few years they will outnumber the stars themselves. Gotta love lack of oversight that allows megalomaniacs to ruin the planet for everyone https://t.co/ZBAiMuGwzi
— Paul Ring (@Ringod123) September 27, 2023
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