June 1 - Top Stories This Week

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A view of SpaceX’s first 60 Starlink satellites in orbit, still in stacked configuration, with the Earth as a brilliant blue backdrop on May 23, 2019. Image via SpaceX/Space.com.

Wow! The SpaceX Starlink satellite train Amazing video of dozens of SpaceX Starlink internet satellites chugging along, in a straight line, across the heavens. See it here. Not everybody is happy about the Starlink satellites, though. Check out the charts below and hear what astronomer Guy Ottewell has to say. Video: Asteroid 1999 KW4 as it swept past Telescope users in Earth's Southern Hemisphere caught it at its May 25 closest approach. Video here. Astronomers find 18 more Earth-sized exoplanets A new survey algorithm has added to the list of known, rocky, Earth-sized worlds orbiting distant stars. Read more. More top stories Giant planets and comets battle in planet-forming disk What are the 2019 hurricane names? Observer's delight: Moon and Venus at dawn Stolen comets and free-floating objects Help NASA decide where to land on asteroid Manhattanhenge in NYC Ancient ice sheets found under Mars' north pole Today in science: Einstein's triumph

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This is Saturday evening's sky, west after sunset View larger. | West after sunset on an ordinary Saturday in early June. In 2019, Mars can be seen in this part of the sky. Some fear the Starlink satellites - by virtue of their numbers - will interfere with astronomy. See the chart below, and read more.

Saturday's sky, with Starlink satellites View larger. | This view is purely imaginary. We don't know yet how bright the Starlink satellites will be, when all 12,000 of them are deployed and settled into their final orbits. Will they be visible? Will they interfere with astronomy? Astronomer Guy Ottewell ponders these questions. Read more. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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