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`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets@mastodon.social

12/3/2025, 9:22:38 PM

Public

I talked to a Scientific American reporter about the paper yesterday - always interesting to see which 2 sentences a journalist picks from a 20 minute interview!

paywalled: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/satellite-megaconstellations-are-now-threatening-telescopes-in-space/

archive version: https://web.archive.org/web/20251203211914/https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/satellite-megaconstellations-are-now-threatening-telescopes-in-space/

An image of a starry night covered with bright streaks

Hubble and Other Space Telescopes Are Now Vulnerable to Satellite Photobombing, Too

Proliferating satellites are beginning to harm the science work of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories

www.scientificamerican.com · Scientific American

Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets@mastodon.social

12/3/2025, 9:27:29 PM

Public

I'll say it again: there is a hard limit to how many satellites you can have in orbit without terrible consequences, and I am quite sure we are already above that limit, mostly thanks to Starlink.

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