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Observations with the LOFAR (Low Frequency Array) radio telescope last year showed that first generation Starlink satellites emit unintended radio waves that can hinder astronomical observations. New observations with the LOFAR radio telescope, the biggest radio telescope on Earth observing at low frequencies, have shown that the second generation ’V2-mini’ Starlink satellites emit up to 32 times brighter unintended radio waves than satellites from the previous generation, potentially blinding radio telescopes and crippling vital research of the Universe.

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[-] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 26 points 1 day ago

And consequently create radio chatter and disturb the Lunar Crater Telescope :(

[-] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

I’ll be very quiet. Promise.

[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

How are you going to shit post on the internet with no wifi, then? 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz are loud af

[-] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago
[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Where is that ethernet cable getting internet from on the moon without there being a loud as fuck antenna?

[-] lath@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago
[-] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 5 points 1 day ago

So then you won't be able to be quiet due to the screaming and moans coming from the cacaphony of lost souls within the Warp

[-] lath@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Eh, just treat it as ASMR.

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