Scientists, looking deep into space, have long voiced their concerns that satellites are encroaching on their ability to study the cosmos.

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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.

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I read the original question as “why can’t they make them black/nonreflective”

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