- cross-posted to:
- astronomy
- becomeme@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- astronomy
- becomeme@sh.itjust.works
Scientists, looking deep into space, have long voiced their concerns that satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.
Scientists, looking deep into space, have long voiced their concerns that satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.
They’re metal things sitting up there where the sunlight hits them. What you’re seeing is the sun reflecting off them. Its like how you can look up and see a plane all bright and in the sun even at dusk when its starting to get dark on the ground.
I read the original question as “why can’t they make them black/nonreflective”