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DarkSky Petition Urges FCC to Reverse Space Mirror Approval
Thursday, August 13, 2026 by Richard Harris
DarkSky and a coalition of scientific, environmental, and civic organizations have filed a formal petition urging the Federal Communications Commission to reconsider and reverse its approval of an experimental orbital space mirror project. The petition asks the agency to pause the authorization whil...
Turning discarded astrophotography data into discoveries with SpacePixels
Thursday, March 26, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
As astrophotographers, we spend so much time using rejection algorithms during stacking to perfectly erase anything that moves across our frames. But I started thinking about all the dynamic data we are throwing away, like faint asteroids, satellites, comets, streaks and other slow moving objects th...
Why Maui does not want the Haleakala telescope project
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 by Richard Harris
After weeks of growing public pushback, the Maui County Council in Hawaii has now unanimously opposed the military’s proposal to construct up to seven telescopes within a state conservation area on Haleakalā. Recently the council approved a resolution urging the U.S. Air Force to deny the p...
Yuri Petrunin: The man behind TEC Telescopes
Thursday, December 18, 2025 by Richard Harris
When you sit down with Yuri Petrunin, founder of Telescope Engineering Company, the first thing you notice is his strong Russian accent. The second is how little he seems to care whether or not you’re impressed by it. He speaks modestly, carefully, and without pretense. He’s not trying t...