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'Cosmic Fireflies' Spotted From the ISS Turn Out to Be a Total Buzzkill

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NASA astronaut Don Pettit shared a video he had captured while on board the International Space Station .

The video showed a group of flickering objects flying 250 miles ( 400 kilometers ) above Earth ’s surface.

Pettit referred to the breathtaking scene as “cosmic fireflies” before giving us a reality check of what those glimmering lights are.

“These are Starlink satellites momentarily flashing sunlight towards the [ISS],” he wrote.

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