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The reason the remainder of the observable solar system appears black despite the highly luminous star at its center can be attributed to the properties of electromagnetic radiation, which continues to propagate outward in all directions in empty space until interrupted by a body which might scatter or reflect such radiation back to an observer on Earth.

To be more precise, there is indeed some minor amount of scattering making the solar system not entirely "black" - such as Zodiacal light, or Gegenschein, which is sunlight scattered by small amounts of dust mostly in or near the plane of the ecliptic.

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