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They don't. It's the planets and moons that reflect the light of stars.

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Q: How do stars reflect light of planets and moons?
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How do planets and stars send light to us?

Planets reflect light from the sun. Stars emit their own light.


What gives out or reflects light?

Heavenly bodies either give out of reflect light. Stars are suns that shine with enormous power and therefore spew forth light into the observable universe. Planets, moons and such are the receivers of this light and reflect it.


Do stars and planets glow?

Stars do, by their own power. Planets merely reflect light.


What planets produce their own light?

No, planets don't give off light, stars did.


Do moons comets and stars shine as a result of reflected light?

Moons and comets appear to shine because of the light they reflect. Stars produce their own light.


What is the difference between planets and stars in the night sky?

Stars give off light whereas planets reflect light.


Which give off its own light planets or moon or star?

STARS give off their own light. THey are giant nuclear reactors. The PLANETS & MOONS onlt reflact that light from the star. The SUN is out nearest star. Oue Moon only reflect that sunlight back to Earth.


Do planets and moons have stars?

On the contrary! A star has planets, which circulate it. And planets have moons. Stars do not circle planets.


Why do planets and moons seem to appear shiny?

They reflect light from the sun back to observers on earth, unlike the stars, which emit their own light. Everything in our solar system is `lit up` by our sun, which emits light. The planets and moons (along with comets and other objects) don't emit light themselves, but are illuminated by the sun.


What is the source of light for all items in space?

Stars (of which our sun is one) are the only sources of light in space. Planets, moons, asteroids, comets, etc. all simply reflect starlight.


Do the Stars reflect the Suns light?

No, they also produce their own light through nuclear fusion. Only planets and moons reflect sunlight.No, Stars do not reflect the Sun's light. Every star in the universe creates and distributes it's own light through nuclear fusion, and does not reflect light. The stars you see in the sky at night are a result of light traveling millions of miles towards earth by their own light that they emitted, not the light that the sun produced and then reflected back towards us.


Why do planets and moons seem to emit light yet they are not stars?

They are reflecting the light that is released by the Sun.