The Humanity Star is orbiting Earth every 90 minutes. ... dubbed the Humanity Star, resembles a disco ball. ... So when you look up into the night’s sky and see something flashing light, ...

Covered in 65 highly-reflective panels, the satellite is rapidly spinning, reflecting the sun's light back onto the planet, much in the same way that a disco ball casts light onto a dance floor.

The American company Rocket Lab launched the small satellite known as the Humanity Star on Jan. 21 of this year. The satellite is currently orbiting Earth, was built to reflect the sun's light and ...

US spaceflight startup Rocket Lab stealthily launched a small “disco ball” satellite into orbit as part of a cosmic art project aimed at inspiring people to come together and look up at the sky.

The Humanity Star sphere spins rapidly, reflecting the sun's light back to Earth. Essentially it creates a similar effect as a disco ball, creating the appearance of a bright flashing shooting ...

Light pollution’s a bitch these days, and the mirror ball will be making select appearances over the planet’s surface. New Zealand and Australia will have the best view over the next six weeks ...

The Humanity Star's website states that astronomers in the UK "will not be able to see the satellite within the next 2087 hours", which equates to roughly 87 days.

"The Humanity Star will briefly flash across the sky for a few seconds, reflecting sunlight back to the Earth’s surface, creating a fleeting glint of light," Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said in a ...

Such a sail would look a lot like an interstellar disco ball, with the probe hidden in the centre. When a laser beam hit its slender mirror-like surface, the light would bounce off and push the ...