To: drbuzzard
It doesnt disappear, but it does have to fill a truly immense volume, so thats why space is dark. Its the cubic increase of volume thing. The space between galaxies is far far larger than the galaxies themselves. Ah. So the light really is there, but it's below our limit of detection (at least, our biological limit). Unless we look directly at a star, that is. Thanks.
40 posted on
06/07/2012 4:45:29 AM PDT by
exDemMom
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To: exDemMom
There is also the point that space is very, very empty, especially intergalactic space. There’s about nothing to reflect/diffract the light out there. Adding up these facts mean we end up seeing black (absence of light).
41 posted on
06/07/2012 1:51:23 PM PDT by
drbuzzard
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