• Question: Why is the sun the only star that can be seen during the daytime?

    Asked by anon-277254 on 18 Jan 2021.
    • Photo: Liam Taylor

      Liam Taylor answered on 18 Jan 2021:


      Great question! It’s because we’re so so close to the sun that it’s bright enough to see! All of the other stars in the Universe are so far away it’s really difficult to even imagine. The nearest star to Earth (that isn’t the sun) is 40,208,000,000,000 km away!

    • Photo: Graham Shields

      Graham Shields answered on 18 Jan 2021:


      The other stars are not bright enough to be seen during the day because they are too far away. In the early dawn and twilight we can still see some of the nearest, brightest stars but they are very faint.

    • Photo: Amy Stockwell

      Amy Stockwell answered on 19 Jan 2021:


      Our sun is so much closer to us than the stars, so it is much brighter. Our sun overpowers the faint light coming from the stars.

      The same thing happens with sound. If it is quiet, we can hear people talking over the other side of a big room. But if someone is talking loudly nearby, then we can’t hear those people on the other side of the room.

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