The reason you can see planets and stars at night is that their light is faint and the brightness of the sun obscures them during the day. At night, when the sun is not visible, the fainter light from the planets and stars can more readily be seen.
You can see all of them in the sky at night.
Yes. To date scientists have discovered well over a thousand planets orbiting other stars. It is believe that a large portion of the stars in the night sky have planets.
why astronomers can see stars and planets at night
Firstly, planets are way way smaller than the stars! That's because you can see stars in the night but never planets. Also stars produce nuclear energy in their core so they give thermal ( heat ) energy. Also stars have more gravity than planets.
Ancients distinguished between planets and stars in the night sky by observing that planets move relative to the fixed background of stars, while stars maintain their positions.
In the night sky, you can see stars, planets, the Moon, constellations, and sometimes satellites or shooting stars. These objects appear as points of light against the dark backdrop of space and can be observed with the naked eye or with the help of telescopes or binoculars.
No, planets are not stars. Stars are huge balls of burning gas, planets are not. At certain times, there are 5 planets that are visible with the naked eye in the night sky. Some of these are similar to stars but much closer. They are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. See the related link for more information.
No. All the stars at night that are actually stars are well beyond the solar system. Five "stars" that you sometimes see are actually planets in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The only actual star in our solar system is the sun.
the stars and some of our planets
Stars give off light whereas planets reflect light.
Yes, and the Sun too. Go out one night and marvel at the majesty of the heavens.
-- stars -- planets -- HST and ISS overpassing -- meteors -- comets -- bright nebulae -- aircraft landing lights -- the Milky Way -- constellations -- crescent moon