Collisions in the sky

IF 44.7 1区综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

Science Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI:10.1126/science.ady9838

Andy Lawrence

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Abstract

Over the past six decades, astronomy, space science, and the space industry have seemed to be in a kind of virtuous symbiosis. Astronomy has benefited from improvements in technology and has had the opportunity to place observing platforms in space. The space industry has been pushed by the extreme technological demands of curiosity-driven research, and benefited from the flow of public money to industrial contracts to build astronomical missions. Both science and industry have been driven by a shared romantic vision of exploring the Universe, whether by studying distant galaxies or by humanity stepping out into space. All of this was suddenly disrupted in 2019 by a rude awakening. Starlink communication satellites began to photo-bomb astronomers’ images as they streaked across the sky. Suddenly, it seemed, astronomy and commercial space activity were in conflict. This friction may be coming to a crunch as the Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins a 10-year survey of the cosmos.

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天空中的碰撞

在过去的60年里，天文学、太空科学和太空工业似乎处于一种良性的共生关系中。天文学得益于技术的进步，并有机会在太空中放置观测平台。太空工业一直受到好奇心驱动的研究的极端技术需求的推动，并受益于公共资金流向工业合同，以建立天文任务。无论是通过研究遥远的星系，还是人类进入太空，探索宇宙的共同浪漫愿景一直推动着科学和工业的发展。所有这一切都在2019年突然被一个粗鲁的觉醒打乱了。当星链通信卫星在天空中划过时，它们开始轰炸天文学家的图像。突然之间，天文学和商业太空活动似乎发生了冲突。随着维拉·c·鲁宾天文台（Vera C. Rubin Observatory）开始对宇宙进行为期10年的调查，这种摩擦可能会达到关键时刻。

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CiteScore

61.10

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0.90%

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审稿时长

2.1 months

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