An artificial 'Saturn's ring' of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn
20-07-2026 12:00 via space.com

An artificial 'Saturn's ring' of satellites could soon fill the sky, astronomers warn

A bright "Saturn's ring" of satellites could circle the night sky if plans to launch a million data center spacecraft and tens of thousands of space mirrors come to pass. This ring, traversing the sky for hours after dusk and before dawn, would outshine every star and planet, and be visible from every spot on Earth.Hugh Lewis, a professor of astronautics at the University of Birmingham in, the U.K., told Space.com that the only way to accommodate the high number of data center constellations tha
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