Why is there an Absence of Light in outer space?

Question

I was just looking at photos of the Earth Rise and then of the moon. I find it odd that while the Earth and Moon are lit there is no light in outer space. There are no rays of the sun, not even particles of light floating about in space. What gives?

Answer 1

There's lots of light in space; you just can't see most of it.

You either need to see the light coming directly from a source, the sun or other star, or see the light reflected from an object, say the moon or a planet. Space is mostly empty, so there are few objects for the sun's rays to reflect off of.

Answer 2

Star light traverses outer space. You cannot see the starlight in the Earth Rise Photo because of the camera setting for the needed exposure.

Answer 3

Because there's nothing there. Light that enters your eye must either come directly from a source, such as the sun, or is scattered from air molecules, or is reflected from something, such as the Moon. In the absence of any of those things in the path, there cannot be light.

Answer 4

There is nothing for the light to reflect off of. We see the moon because sun light reflects off of it. We see the earth because the sun light reflects off of it. The space in between has nothing. Therefore it has nothing to reflect the light.

Answer 5

What would the particles of light (photons) bounce off so you could see them in the vaccum of space? There is a ton of light in space, it has to originate from it's source. If you saw every photon in the air you wouldn't be able to make out anything.

Answer 6

There *is* light shining, quite evenly, from the furthest corners of the observable Universe. That light is a perpetual "echo" of the Big Bang. However, since the Universe has expanded so much since it was made, it looks like a 4 Kelvin radio wave.

So the reason space is dark, is because it's cold. And it's cold because it's expanding.

Answer 7

hmmm. That's a tough question. That's the way God created it. imagine outer space to be like a room with no light.

Answer 8

Hehehe. There's all kinds of light out there. But you can't see it unless there's something for it to reflect off of. Such as the Moon or the Earth.

HTH ☺

Doug

Answer 9

The solar's warmth and lightweight come from Nuclear reactions interior of this is middle. this would not have or desire oxygen. The potential produced with the help of this technique slowly makes this is thank you to the 'photosphere' (or equivilent of the solar's floor) and is released as warmth and lightweight. The solar isn't rather on hearth.

Answer 10

Scientists and Quantum Physicists think that space is actually not a void, but a real thing that takes up space. They think that it actually has shape and form to it, and as a result of that, light is not reflected or absorbed on it. So we do not see the light that reaches Earth from the sun, we only see the light reflecting off of the Earth from the sun. This goes for the rest of the celestial bodies. Well, except for black holes of course! And other suns as well, and this is because the corona of them are way too bright to notice the light from other stars.