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Breaking: The Indian army has accidentally shot down the planet Venus and it will be crash landing in the Himalayas in 30 minutes

From all this paranoia about drones lately, I’ve learned that apparently there are a number of humans who’ve never looked up at the night sky before.

I remember famously that during the blackout of New York in 2003, 911 took a number of calls from concerned citizens that were strange lights in the sky. They were stars.
- Yiiikes
Well, you can't see the stars from a lot of places. I live in a small town here, but I'm surrounded by large industrial cities that are always very well lit. It's very rare to see the stars because the bright city lights outglow them. Unfortunately, light pollution is a real problem.

I think the first time I actually saw a full starry sky was on vacation in an area far away from any cities. I was almost 20.
- I was in my early teens in a remote NE part of Poland. I haven't seen colors in the sky ever since.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel)
I mean... at my house I can hardly see the stars anymore :(
- That's because of these nasty roofs they're putting on top of houses these days. The "stars" you're seeing are probably the ceiling lights.
  
  Nothing a little C4 can't fix though. Just make sure to leave the room before ignition.

Future headline: Indian government accidentally launches military offensive against Mars

Next headline

The god of war responds accordingly
- Hang on, this is the plot of the Expanse

That’s no moon

This is incredibly common for even professionals from what I’ve heard.

It's true. Remember how Pluto used to be to a planet? Well it was... right up until I shot that sum bitch.
On clear nights, in areas without light pollution, planets can look huge and bright like an airplane or helicopter.

I guess the real question is, why would a spy plane have its lights on?
Happened to me quite often when I was on lookout on a ship. Once the commander heard it and took out his phone to show me the current location of the planets. I head mistaken the low-orbit Venus for something artificial through NV and binos. That damn planet is blinking red and green