Astronomers seek solution to satellite photobombing in space images.

Satellites are leaving scratch marks on space photos and hindering astronomers' work. The rate of satellite trails is doubling, and they threaten to transform the night sky and affect how astronomy can be done. Astronomers have developed new software called Median Radon Transform that is five to 10 times more sensitive at finding trails than previous software and then masking them out. However, this fix is designed for Hubble, which is less plagued by satellite streaks than observatories on the ground.