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Satellite trails crossing an image of galaxy ARP248, captured by Hubble

Hubble Space Telescope images are being spoiled by satellite trails

2 March 2023

With so many satellites now in orbit, some are straying across Hubble’s field of view as it is taking photographs of distant celestial objects

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