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Science

Orbital data centers could transform our night sky forever

Scientific American · August 20, 2026 at 12:00 PM

Without drastic interventions, data centers in space could disrupt scientific observations and fragile ecosystems by adding almost innumerable new “stars” to the heavens above

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