Because light from the stars travelled quite a while before it reached the Earth.
Because light from the stars travelled quite a while before it reached the Earth.
Because light from the stars travelled quite a while before it reached the Earth.
Because light from the stars travelled quite a while before it reached the Earth.
Yes, when we look up at the night sky and see stars, we are actually seeing them as they were in the past due to the time it takes for their light to reach us.
we are looking into the past all the time Jill
you look in the sky on a clear night
Yes, when we look at stars in the sky, we are seeing them as they were in the past because the light from stars takes time to travel to Earth, so we are seeing them as they appeared at a certain point in the past.
we are looking into the past all the time Jill
Technically you could, but most people refer to the sky as our atmosphere... past our "sky" is space. On the contrary, many people look at the stars and say "look at the beautiful sky," but the sky is generally referred to as our atmosphere.
The night.
The night.
it depends what you look for if you look for a planet you might want to head to a field on a cloudless night with no street lights
As of August 2014, Jupiter will not be visible in the night sky. It will reappear in September 2015 in the southern sky near the constellation Leo.
The first to look up at the night sky.
A gibbous moon appears as a large, round shape in the night sky, with more than half of its surface illuminated by the sun.