SpaceX just launched 57 new Starlink satellites with sun visors to make them less bright. A scientist says that won't stop them from interfering with astronomy.

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• SpaceX just launched a new batch of Starlink internet-beaming satellites equipped with visors to block sun glare.
• The new visors should make the fleet of satellites less visible in the night sky.
• But visor technology won't prevent satellite constellations generally from affecting many scientists' astronomy projects.
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After a two-month gap, SpaceX has resumed launching batches of dozens of satellites in its gambit to blanket Earth with high-speed internet access.

The satellites are a new "VisorSat" variety to make them less shiny to the ground and especially to astronomers' telescopes. But researchers say the spacecraft's experimental new feature, while helpful, won't fully solve problems posed by the existence of Starlink itself (or other planned thousands-strong satellite fleets, for that matter).

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