April 22, 2026 Ariel Deutsch is a BAERI researcher at NASA Ames Research Center and…
New Paper Raises Awareness of Increasing Light Interference from Low Earth Orbit Satellites over the Next 15 Years
BAERI’s Alex Borlaff is lead author of this study in Nature, which is causing quite a stir. In the paper, Borlaff and his team model, analyze, and discuss the light interference that would affect space and ground telescopes as the number of satellites in Low Earth Orbit increases exponentially, as is planned over the next 15 years.
