Why isn’t it light out when it’s night time? With all the trillions of stars blanketing the night sky, where does all that light hitting earth go?
There are large dust clouds within the milky way galaxy which block light from many of the stars. Apart from that, though there are many stars, they are also very far away. It used to be considered a paradox that, if there were an infinite number of stars, why wasn't the sky bright due to being f…
The Short Answer
There are large dust clouds within the milky way galaxy which block light from many of the stars. Apart from that, though there are many stars, they are also very far away. It used to be considered a paradox that, if there were an infinite number of stars, why wasn't the sky bright due to being filled with them. The square-cube law says that the sky should be brighter even due to very distant stars, assuming they're evenly distributed. The answer turns out to be that the stars are clustered into groupings of ever increasing size: galaxies, galaxy clusters, super-clusters, …
Analysis
Key Concepts: Stars, galaxy, large
This explanation focuses on stars, galaxy, large and spans 100 words across 5 sentences. At 47% above the average Space & Astronomy explanation (68 words), this is one of the more thorough answers in this category, reflecting the complexity of the underlying question.
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The explanation opens with: “There are large dust clouds within the milky way galaxy which block light from many of the stars.” It then elaboratesultimately building toward a complete picture across 5 connected points.
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There are large dust clouds within the milky way galaxy which block light from many of the stars. Apart from that, though there are many stars, they are also very far away. It used to be considered a paradox that, if there were an infinite number of…
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