The main problem is that space telescopes in Low Earth Orbit share the similar orbits as the telecommunication satellites.

Here we show a simplified representation of the increased orbital crowding between 1958 (Sputnik) and the projected satellite population at the end of the next decade.

Humankind has launch more satellites in the past four years (2021 - 2025) than in the previous seven decades.

75% of the currently active satellites belong to a single operator (SpaceX).

Las megaconstelaciones de satélites de internet contaminarán el 40% de las imágenes del telescopio espacial Hubble y más del 96% de las observaciones de los telescopios SPHEREx, Xuntian, y ARRAKIHS.

Link a nuestro nuevo artículo en la revista Nature 👇:
nature.com/articles/s4158…

By 2040, ~40% of the images from Hubble Space Telescope, and more than 96% from new and future space telescopes like SPHEREx, ARRAKIHS, and Xuntian will be contaminated by internet satellite constellations.

Read our new NASA article in Nature:
nature.com/articles/s4158…

I have to admit it, working here is a dream job.

@NASA/Hubble is currently getting ready to perform one of our calibration experiments with the Advance Camera for Surveys (STRAYCOR) that will help us to improve the quality of the telescope's images and even make Roman Space Telescope even more sensitive to the darkest regions of the Universe.

I respectfully disagree.

Plus:

- Ending the Gateway Space station program, set to ensure human presence on the Moon in the coming decades.

- End green aviation research programs to reduce air pollution and fuel waste.

NASA Administrator Janet Petro has announced the following changes in the budget president request:

- End the International Space Station in 2030 to replace it with a private space station.

- End Orion, SLS, and the Artemis program.

- A 47% cut in NASA Science Program.

Although I will admit, she has a point.

A good indicator of a housing crisis is when your wife considers the apartments at City 17 "actually pretty nice."

NASA Acting Administrator Janet Petro shares the coordinated response to the "What did you do last week" email on behalf of the whole agency

"When direct requests do come in,please take a breath and check in with your supervisor or other agency leader before taking action"

Proud of this leadership

We got 13 orbits to observe with Hubble Space Telescope!

I thought I missed the opportunity to point Hubble somewhere in the sky.

We will observe the Moon and Jupiter to improve the calibration of the Advance Camera for Surveys. Stay tuned!

Afternoon at #NASA Ames Research Center