Starlink Signal Leakage Threatens Radio Astronomy's Most Critical Frequencies

Astronomers spent decades designing the Square Kilometre Array Low (SKA-Low) to hear the faintest whisper in the observable universe — neutral hydrogen signals from the cosmic dawn , when the first stars flickered on roughly 13 billion years ago. What they’re picking up instead is electronic leakage from SpaceX satellites . Not the broadband beams Starlink intentionally transmits. The accidental static bleeding from onboard hardware, coupling through satellite structures and radiating across frequencies nobody authorized.