2007-07-24 04:56:03 · 19 answers · asked by kate 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The clean air act a few years ago worked wonders !-
2007-07-24 05:20:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
They are like our Sun. Our Sun is actually a star.
So I guess you can imagine why they're so far yet so bright now, huh? Our Sun will look exactly like a distant star from a different perspective.
There are three types of stars, from gigantic to regular to dwarf-sized. Our Sun is the regular-sized star which have a longer span of life compared to the other two star types.
2007-07-24 05:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by Ms Ghost 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They emit so much energy and are extremely bright. That's why it's not good to look directly at the sun. It's the closest star to us and gives off, obviously, a numerous amount of light. Many of the stars in the sky are the same or much bigger, so, despite the distance from earth they are bright.
2007-07-24 05:04:55 · answer #3 · answered by Ratchet 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
the suns a baby star in comparison, imagine that energy in a star, a few 1000 atom bombs going off every second, plus there is nothing in space to block the light emitted from the stars as space is a vacuum.
2007-07-25 03:50:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are far because of the Big Bang.
They are bright for several reasons:
1. They produce vast amounts of energy, much of it in the form of visible light.
2. Distance: if two stars are otherwise identical, the one that is closer will be brighter.
Look up "apparent magnitude".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude
Done.
2007-07-24 05:04:21 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
stars give off tremendous amounts of light however the star we see are not very bright at all you cannot read by starlight (ignoring our own sun)
2007-07-25 08:26:02 · answer #6 · answered by nurgle69 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in town there is lots of light polution that destroys the brightness in fact. if you went to a country without all the lights that we have then you would see how bright they realy are.unless its windy and it blows them out,in which case it would take ages to light them again. he. he.
2007-07-24 07:26:02 · answer #7 · answered by GLENN C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stars are big and bright and made of hydrogen and helium.they are bigger than our sun ,especially the hypergiants.Speaking of stars,here have one.hahaha get it.We are talking about stars and I'm giving you one.
2007-07-24 05:11:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it burns by a process called nuclear fusion, and it gives off radiation.
2007-07-24 05:56:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stars you see are millions of miles away - however how we see them is how they WERE millions of years ago, before they died out . .just like the sun - we see its rays as it was 8 minutes ago...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/myspace/
2007-07-24 06:57:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋