Although the presence of so many stars(like our sun) in the universe why the space is dark?

Answer 1

We only see light when it is absorbed or reflected on surfaces, not gas or plasma, which is what comprises the empty space in the universe. We see this as blackness.

Its the same reason why the air is clear.

Answer 2

this is an age old question that is a pretty hard one to answer. the best answer i can give is as follows -

The light from the stars and the sun we see because it reaches our eyes directly. They produces there own light for us to see, just like a torch.
Imagine yourself in a room with no windows, with a torch. When the torch is off it is completely dark. Now turn the torch on, looking directly into it. The light you see is the light directly from the torch. Now shine the torch around the room. You can no longer see the light from the torch directly, only the light reflected from the torch off the objects in the room. Infact if there was nothing in the room for the light to reflect off you wouldnt even know if the torch was on.
Now think back to the stars. The light you see is the light coming directly from the stars themselves. Some light is reflected off objects in space, for example the light from the sun is reflected off the planets and the moon so we see these objects aswell. Because space is so vast there is nothing else there for the light from the stars and sun to reflect off. Therefore the majority of space is dark.
You are right in saying that there are so many stars. What you also have to consider is that the universe hasnt been around forever. This means the light from the stars has only had so much time to travel to us. Some of the light from stars is still on its way. Another thing is that stars have a life span.This means that we may get light from some stars now, and light from other stars at a different time, but not all the light at the same time. Also because the universe is expanding this makes the light from the stars get dimmer.

I hope this helps. I warned you it isn't an easy question to answer!!

Answer 3

Stars are just nothing and space is so VAST! Fireflies dont light up a summer night - and they are much denser. If you think of the Sun as a 1cm ball, the earth is a point approx a metre away. In that scale our nearest star will be 250 km away!
Strictly speaking, there is 'light', every where, (3k photons). Starlight gets too feeble in inter-stellar space.

Answer 4

Stars are not always another sun. They are mostof the time reflections of light off planets.

Remember, that the Solar System suns are many light years apart, hence, the darkness of space as we see it.

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Answer 5

This is actually one of the most intriguing questions in astronomy, and is often known as Olbers' Paradox. Rather than try to give you a mangled version of its statement and how to solve it, let me suggest you read the wikipedia site on it, and if you are still interested, get Edward Harrison's book "Darkness at Night", the best volume I have read on the subject. Good luck and thanks for asking a really intriguing question.

Answer 6

Sure there are lots of stars, like the grains of sand in a bucket of sand, but they are very far apart. Try spreading that bucket full of sand over the state of Texas, for example.

Answer 7

light can be visible only when it travels thru a medium... not vacuum........ a solid reflects light, liquid and gaseous states both reflect and also refract light... so we can see light on earth because there is some medium...

since space doesn't have any medium... it can neither reflect nor refract light... so the space is dark...

as simple as that.

Answer 8

Because distance of among stars/galaxy is much in light years , light aboilsh to travel in bitween stars

Answer 9

Space is filled with light. you are facing the wrong way to see it.

Answer 10

its having no gravity and no such environment like that of earth.