BlueWalker 3, an enormous and bright communications satellite, is genuinely alarming astronomers
- Written by: Michael J. I. Brown, Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
Trail from BlueWalker 3 above Kitt Peak telescope in Arizona.KPNO/NOIRLab/IAU/SKAO/NSF/AURA/R. SparksThe night sky is a shared wilderness. On a dark night, away from the city lights, you can see the stars in the same way as your ancestors did centuries ago. You can see the Milky Way and the constellations associated with stories of mythical...
