Data collected ahead of the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule's plunge into Earth's atmosphere will help test algorithms used to pinpoint asteroids that could impact Earth.
New Nature paper contains the results of international observing campaign conducted over 130 days. Scientists, including astronomers from the International Astronomical Union Centre for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference (IAU CPS), have published a
UArizona faculty and students are part of an international study confirming that deployed satellites like BlueWalker 3 are as bright as the brightest stars seen by the unaided eye and pose a challenge for ground-based astronomy.