Reflections cast by a growing number of satellites orbiting the Earth could ruin more than 95% of images taken by some space telescopes in the next decade, according to a NASA-led study.

The reflected light shows up as streaks called satellite trails. It's been seen in images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The situation is only getting worse as more satellites accumulate in orbit, according to researchers.

The study, published in Nature on Wednesday, predicts that other telescopes could deliver streak-filled images, including NASA's SPHEREx, the European Space Agency's ARRAKIHS and China's Xuntian Space Telescope. SPHEREx launched this year while ARRAKIHS and Xuntian have yet to launch.

A prized image could come when "you are observing a galaxy and then suddenly a star far,

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