AUSTIN, Texas -- Skygazers around the globe say SpaceX is ruining the night sky with their new satellites.

SpaceX launched the first batch of Starlight satellites back in May. Since then, astronomers say their view of the dark sky has been polluted.

Instead of seeing galaxies, planets, and stars in their photos, astronomers now see diagonal lines, which are reflections off the new Starlight satellites.

And it's a problem many think will only get worse.

The goal of the SpaceX Starlight program is to make internet service available worldwide with the help of a whopping 40,000 satellites, a thousand or so of which could launch in the next year alone.

Astronomers like Steve Finkelstein of the University of Texas at Austin Astronomy Department say it needs to be done without adverse effects.

"Seems like they care but not enough to halt the progress of their program," says Finkelstein. "It's clear the impact on astronomy was not really considered."

In the above video, Finkelstein tells our Chief Meteorologist Burton Fitzsimmons that some scientists want SpaceX to de-orbit all of their satellites until they find out a way to minimize the impact on astronomy.

In the interview, we also hear updates on the James Webb Telescope and the Giant Magellan Telescope, and learn a bit about the Hobby-Eberley Telescope Dark Energy Experiment at the McDonald Observatory in West Texas.