why does the universe look black?

Answer 1

We see light by reflection( if you are not looking at the source). and in deep space there is nothing to reflect the light, so we don't see any thing unless you are looking at a star, nova, or some other source of light. , take a flashlight, go outside at night, in a dark place, turn the flashlight on, and point it to the sky. Do you see anything?
-because there is nothing to reflect your light, but the light will eventually rich some other planetary body and reflect it back but just not on your life time.

Answer 2

The Universe is Black,and that is because there are no color than black that will make the Universe black=)

Answer 3

this is actually a very old question, commonly known as Olbers' Paradox. The idea is that if the universe is infinite and stars fill it uniformly, then you should see a star everywhere you look.

You don't so the premise is wrong. The real reason that space is black is that the universe is not infinite.

hth

Answer 4

At night, out in the countryside,look into the headlights of an oncoming automobile. You will see two brilliant balls of light and a bunch of black. Same deal.

Look into the sky late at night when there are no clouds around. you will see many bright headlights...which are stars, just like our Sun, and a bunch of black, which is the absence of light.

Funny thing is, though, when you look at that "black" area with a telescope, there are more stars out there inside that blackness...you just needed a bigger lens that the one in your eye to capture enough light to see them...the lens in your big telescope. Now, if you had a really big telescope, like some of those monsters in the observatories, you could see way out into space and find even more stars and galaxies, and lots more blackness which is the emptiness of space.

Answer 5

Well friend Universe looks black as it is Black.
But to answer this is not as simple as above.

A Black Object absorbs all radiations(if not atleast visible). If a black object happen to radiate any other radiation above and below visible, our human eye cannot sense it.

It is understood that apartfrom visible radiation there is coming lot of other radiations(Microwave,X rays, Radio waves etc) from the universe. But unfortunately our Eye cannot sense them and eventually we observe universe Black.

But if you happened to have such vision universe will look different.(Just Imagine if your eyes can sense x rays how does this world look-Like skeletons walking on road.)

Answer 6

Black isn't actually a colour - it's a lack of light.

The universe does have light (sun, stars, etc) but it is mostly empty and light particles (photons) have no objects (like the earth) to make lighter (absorb into), and so the vast amount of space in the universe appears "black".

Answer 7

The universe and everything else is made up of matter so the darkness you are seeing is simply called dark matter. If you need more info on this subject type in dark matter on any search engine you should get some interesting results.

Answer 8

Because there is no substance nor brightness to it. That is the usual reason something looks black.