NEWS · B2 Level - Part 1

Cosmic Fireflies

An astronaut recently captured video of objects in space of what he called Cosmic Fireflies.

Level: B2 · 15 sentences

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1. An astronaut recently captured video of objects in space of what he called Cosmic Fireflies.
2. Now, scientists have been making some fascinating discoveries while studying space,
3. but occasionally the intriguing phenomena they find have some less-than-stellar explanation.
4. CNN's Jeremy Roth shows us that that was the case with these Cosmic Fireflies.
5. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station recently shared an out-of-this-world sight of what he dubbed Cosmic Fireflies.
6. But there's more than meets the eye to this eye-popping celestial sight.
7. Astronaut Don Pettit is no stranger to surreal scenes spotted from his orbiting ISS perch and shared to his socials.
8. This latest trippy video could inspire all manner of astro-philosophical and existential questions
9. if the true explanation wasn't so vanilla.
10. Pettit explained that what looks like Cosmic Fireflies
11. are actually scores of Starlink satellites glinting and gleaming in the sun as they hover above the Earth.
12. SpaceX has sent thousands of the internet communication satellites into orbit,
13. with even more in the works,
14. sparking a debate among some astronomers on what their impact may be on future celestial studies.
15. In the meantime, though, hey... they sure are pretty!