If you’re not a morning person, then you’d probably love living on the moon or out in space! The whole “lack of oxygen” thing aside, a ‘round-the-clock night sky sounds pretty tempting! But why is there so much light on Earth, but almost none once you leave our planet?

You might think that it’s light during the day and dark at night because the Earth spins on its axis, and the Sun illuminates either hemisphere. That’s part of the reason, but it’s more complicated than that. Our star shines on the Moon too, but the sky above it is always black!

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Why is the sky above the Moon is always black? 0:25

Why don’t other stars shine with blazing light at night? 1:42

When we look at the sky, we glance into a very distant past 🌟 3:33

Why don’t less distant stars shine as bright as the Sun? 4:09

Where the Big Bang comes into play 6:03

How do we know these black areas exist at all? 6:45

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