2007-01-24 14:18:52 · 11 answers · asked by omg 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Well, first stars aren't "in the sky", they are suns like our own very, very far away.
Second, generally compared to the earth, stars are huge, and they would simply swallow up the earth with a hiccup.
HTH
Charles
2007-01-24 14:25:05 · answer #1 · answered by Charles 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the sky isn't really up. Thinking that implies the Earth is the center of the universe, which is not true. No, they sky, or outer space, is more "out there" than it is "up". If you were standing on the Moon you might wonder why the Earth does not fall down, with down being toward the Moon of course. This shows how inappropriate it is to think of everything off the Earth as being "up".
2007-01-24 22:41:32 · answer #2 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first off: out there there is no "down" and the stars are in motion, they are in their appointed orbit about the galaxy. and the galaxys that we see as stars are in their appointed orbits within their galactic cluster, and the galactic clusters are in some orbit also, and on and on and on. they may be in some sort of freefall, but i cannot say for certain that it is "down", perhaps it is "away from" a sort of center (perhaps the big bang) and towards infinity...y'know the english language is too limited for this conversation. so is any human tongue i think.
2007-01-24 23:23:25 · answer #3 · answered by captsnuf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember that the stars are like our sun - big and hot. If, for some reason, our solar system moved closer to one of these giants we'd be dead. All planets would be vaporized. Stars are not little dots - they are huge furnaces billions of miles away from us!
2007-01-24 22:27:58 · answer #4 · answered by Sciencemom 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Too far away
2. Too large for the earth's gravity to pull them down
2007-01-24 22:24:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
distance. their greater mass would suggest the reverse, that is a satellite falling in to the star. planets are satellites of stars.
read the book COLLIDING GALLAXIES.
2007-01-24 23:25:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too big. More likely WE would fall into THEM.
2007-01-24 22:29:11 · answer #7 · answered by Voodoid 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a question that has been pondered by many philosophers.
We don"t know what the answer is because the ones who found out got killed.
2007-01-25 07:42:12 · answer #8 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gravity holds them up.
2007-01-24 22:26:57 · answer #9 · answered by Tucker C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
alot of duct tape holds them ther
2007-01-24 23:27:32 · answer #10 · answered by fuufingf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋