The Sun is in the sky. Genesis 1
2007-09-30 05:34:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
"and god said let there be light and there was"
but it just wasn't as bright as the bible puts it huh?
shine a light on a black sheet. still looks black right?
the atmosphere disperses the light and lights up the atoms and molecules and dust in the sky.
in space, none of that floats around normally so there is nothing to light up.
2007-09-30 07:20:38 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol..that doesnt make sense man.
Imagine the size of the sun with the size of the universe. Plus the universe is still expanding so that makes it more big. Think of a lightbulb comparing to the size of the earth. Can a lightbulb lit the whole earth at the same time? No, i dont think so :)
2007-09-30 07:25:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The intensity of light decreases with distance from the source. the rate of decrease is described by the inverse square law.
i(d)=i/d^2
The universe is a big place, so big that a star, as bright as it our Sun, will be 'dim' to the observer at interstellar lengths.
What a nice question. :D
2007-09-30 06:23:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light travels infinitely however our eyes can only detect the lights' reflection as it hit matters (those that occupy space and has weight). We see sunlights' reflection on the moon but not the column of sun rays before it touches the lunar surface.
The universe is vacuum (no weight) therefore can not be brighten up.
2007-09-30 06:14:03 · answer #4 · answered by del 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the intensity of light decreases with distance from the source. the rate of decrease is described by the inverse square law.
i(d)=i/d^2
the universe is a big place so big that a star, as bright as it may be, will be 'dim' to the observer at interstellar distances. the sun is bright but it is also very close by interstellar standards.
2007-09-30 05:45:00 · answer #5 · answered by Justin 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Sun is a giant dark-sucker, it sucked in all the light from space and so much enegy goes into sucking that dark, that some of that energy escapes as slight..
2007-10-01 11:38:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the universe is so much more massive then the sun. and if its on the opposite side of the earth as you then you cant see it. and all those stars at night, those are all suns, most bigger than ours, and even they cant light up the entire sky. thats how massive our universe is.
2007-09-30 05:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Distances are VAST in the Universe, and our star, the Sun, is only a middle- aged dwarf star (one among 100's of billions) in our galaxy alone.
No one star could light everything...
2007-09-30 06:25:38 · answer #8 · answered by Bobby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the sun is not big enough to light the entire universe
2007-09-30 06:21:47 · answer #9 · answered by Name 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
looking at other stars our sun is very very small
it just large enough to light up our small small corner of the milky way.
simply put the sun don't have enough power to light up the universe.
2007-09-30 07:58:27 · answer #10 · answered by emoss_5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋