2007-03-23 14:17:13 · 11 answers · asked by milkpig 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
They appear to twinkle because of atmospheric disturbance. Picture this: you are at the bottom of a pool and look up to see your friend standing above the water. When the water is colm, they look somewhat clear. Now try to see them after someone does a cannonball in the pool. The water is disturbed and the light scatters all about. The water in the pool is like the atmosphere. The incoming light from the star is the image of your friend.
2007-03-23 14:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by Ghidorah 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The stars themselves don't twinkle, but the light we see from them here on Earth twinkles because of our atmosphere.
2007-03-23 21:26:49 · answer #2 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars don't twinkle or flicker on and off. They are constantly shining. Atmospheric distortion or even brief space objects might interfere and cause the visualization that a star is twinkling.
2007-03-23 21:23:13 · answer #3 · answered by A.R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The appearance that stars twinkle is jut an illusion. Stars actually constantly shine, although we don't see the continuous light. Gases in our atmosphere cause the light to look like it is fading in and out, when it is only the air refracting the rays of light.
2007-03-23 21:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by slamsam1221 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stars seem like they are twinkling when we see them from the Earth's surface because we are viewing them through thick layers of turbulent (moving) air in the Earth's atmosphere. Stars (except for the Sun) appear as tiny dots in the sky; as their light travels through the many layers of the Earth's atmosphere, the light of the star is bent many times and in random directions
2007-03-23 21:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by solomon d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answers below are correct.Atmospheric distortion is the scam....
But who would want to destroy the song??
Go ahead and twinkle,twinkle little star, I kinda love you as you are....or seem to be.
2007-03-23 21:39:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some stars pulsate, but a lot of what you call twinkle is some atmospheric distortions and stigmatism. Stigmatism is the unevenness of our eyeball. When it comes to seeing a star, everyone has stigmatism because it's so far. That's mainly why stars don't look like dots, but rather fuzzy little balls.
2007-03-23 21:29:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. they twinkle because of the way our atmosphere affects the light.
Thats what some science teacher told me long ago
2007-03-24 02:59:35 · answer #8 · answered by dylan k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure of it.... its a well understood atmospheric phenomenon. Astronomers build their telescopes high up on mountains to reduce "twinkle".
2007-03-23 21:53:47 · answer #9 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i do. everything twinkles
2007-03-23 21:25:07 · answer #10 · answered by Whitt 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋