Experts warn that stargazing could be a thing of the past as satellites are predicted to crowd the night sky by 2030.

There are currently 8,000 satellites up in space, with a further 400,000 approved to go up by the end of the decade.

The University of Auckland's Richard Easther says this development is alarming, especially since it happened without much oversight.

Richard Easther says that if even a quarter of the satellites approved went up into space, the night sky could look different in the coming years.

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