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Astronomers see the increase in satellites in the sky as a threat
Over the years, the number of satellites in the sky has increased, now, the proliferation of these can be closely linked to change. The night sky has been the study for more years on Earth, it can predict and illuminate certain knowledge, but now, it will no longer be possible.
Samantha Lawler, an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Regina in Canada, confirms this suspicion:
"For the first time in human history, we're not going to have access to the night sky the way we've seen it," he said.
The professor has observed the sky from her farm and has seen how, since 2017, the number of satellites has increased from 1,000 to 5,000. CNN visited this place and watching that night, in just a few minutes saw the first satellite crossing the skies.
Lawler also comments that she is very concerned, because the change she expected was not as abrupt as the one that is being observed, she told CNN this. "It's changing rapidly."
The astronomy assistant, along with two other experts, has published an article in The Astronomical Journal in which she states that in a few months 1 out of every 15 points of light will be a satellite.
“There are only about 4,000 stars that you can see with the naked eye and if 200 of them are moving, that is very different from the sky that we are used to,” Lawler continued with great concern about the state of the sky.
More of the companies and their satellites
Tens of thousands of satellites just a few kilometers from Earth have been a problem to observe the constellations, however, for this modern world, it represents the opposite. Satellites are the gateway to a fast, far-reaching internet.
Close to a third of this number of satellites correspond to Elon Musk's company SpaceX, which has launched more than 200 satellites to build its small constellation called Starlink and although for many it has been a lifesaver in contact with information, for NASA It is not like this.
NASA affirms that given this great growth of satellites it will be increasingly difficult to detect possible asteroids that are "killers" for the planet.
"Finding these asteroids long before they can hit Earth is vitally important to the survival of our species," Lawler warned, adding that "we are already seeing so many satellites now and they are about to be 10 times as many."
It should be noted that SpaceX launches around 50 new Starlink satellites every week and NASA estimates that the second generation of them can be sent to the sky in this same month.
