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Space

Star quality

6 November 2013

Stars appear as dots of bright light in the night sky. As with our sun, every star represents an immense light source that is dazzling close up. So given the brightness of stars, why are the intervening spaces, viewed from Earth, black?

Graham Mays, By email, no address supplied

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