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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: Dusan on 11/11/2009 10:30:03

Title: How come we don't see all stars in the sky at night?
Post by: Dusan on 11/11/2009 10:30:03

Dusan asked the Naked Scientists:
   
Hello,

How come we don't see all stars in the sky at night and why don't we just see a white sky?

What do you think?

Title: How come we don't see all stars in the sky at night?
Post by: chris on 11/11/2009 13:27:12

We have looked at a similar question in a recent edition of the podcast (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/questions/question/2434/) in which the questioner asked "Why is space actually dark, if there are so many stars out there...?"

Dave's answer explains it very clearly.

Chris