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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

BIZARRE: How satellites could be disrupting your sleep cycle - You Need To See This

Communications satellites being launched into space could bring enough light pollution to disrupt the human sleep cycle, scientists and doctors at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have warned.

Exposure to light from the satellites at night could threaten the body’s internal clock, which tells the body when it is time to wake up and fall asleep and affects hormone levels, digestion and body temperature, they said.

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