The REAL Reason Why Space is Dark

Sometimes the most simple questions can lead to the most profound of answers. If there are an infinite amount of stars in the universe, all emitting massive amounts of light, why are things like our planet bright but space isn't? Why is space completely black?

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[officialinterstellarnews]

What are some questions you have always wondered about the universe? Let me know!

[SINJASON]

I just always assume that space was black because it goes on infinitely and if it goes on infinitely then there's nothing for light to bounce off of like walls. You can see light off in the darkness because light is always brighter than darkness, but the reason why space engulfs everything in Black is because there's no end to it there's no walls for the light to refract off of it just goes infinitely out into nothing and there is nothing for light to refract off of except for other planets and other stars which are literally light-years multiple light-years even away from each other. This is just my opinion this isn't a scientific guess... But I think space is black because it has no end or at least not one that we can see from our observable universe.

[peterjackson]

Wow, never heard before about Poe’s forays into astrophysics. Fascinating.

[Spaceunknown]

This is a masterpiece of a video! will certainly be awaiting you're future ones!

[kit]

"Space can do whatever it wants." Space is such a boss.

[FirstnameLastname-bvke]

I saw the arrows and red circles on your thumbnails and thought your videos might be clickbaitish and low-quality but that was an excellent video and your editing is very good. Great content, subbed. Hope you continue to grow.

[kathleenmccrory]

Edgar Allen Poe is a fascinating man. That was very interesting.

[TM-vkwf]

Questions: (1) If time and space are infinite, what was there before the big bang? (2) Is there a mechanism in theoretical physics that could cause the universe to contract? (3) Might one or more black holes cause the universe to contract so that another big bang could occur in 14 billion years or so? (a) Could dark matter serve as the thread to enable universe contraction even though we may now think the gravitational pull of a black hole is limited by proximity to observable matter? (4) If the universe began contracting would the night sky "brighten?" (5) Even if humans figure out interstellar/intergalactic travel - perhaps by digitizing consciousness to travel by electrical/radio or other means - could that escape the destructive force of a universe contraction that may lead to another big bang or are we eventually doomed in another 14 billion years or so?

[priztucker]

That last part about Space not being bound by rules is the answer to everything.

[Mastervitro]

Or... photons aren't constantly hitting your eyes from light years away because they're not enough of them due to the distance and spreading apart more the farther it comes from, therefor you only get a little bit of light every so often making it appear black. You could take a "deep field" image for a very very long time and probably end up with nothing but white but with obvious spots of more exposure than others.

[rhonsliner]

well you explained something about most of us older generation knows already but i guess this is a great educational video for younger generation who are interested in space

[cherylsalisbury]

“Dark matter” or “dark energy” is the soup of all creation. Suns/stars burn it as fuel as well. It would make sense that there would be an endless supply in order for the universe to maintain itself as well as for more stars, planets, and life forms to continue to be created and be sustained.

[ashby]

Happy an account was made, been watching ur vids on snapchat for a while and have even checked youtube for your channel some months ago and never found anything, very happy i now have another enjoyable science news outlet for my peaked curiosity

[johnmichaels]

Like how you explaine that. Its simple enough for my kids to understand, and that is perfect. Thank you.

[SSgtBaloo]

When I was young, the theory being taught in school (elementary through high school, anyway) was that the inverse square law was responsible, but the way they explained it was kind of awkward, as if they were repeating something that had been explained to them (probably as poorly) which they did not fully understand. When questioned, they would just appeal to authority ("are you saying that scientists who studied this were wrong?) and then change the subject.

Along similar lines, I had a math teacher who insisted, much to my annoyance, that there might be an even (divisible by two) prime number greater than two, but it just hadn't been discovered yet. It was years before I could articulate why I thought this was wrong: if it's only divisible by itself and one, it's a prime number. A "prime number" greater than two was impossible because it would not fit the definition of a prime number, since it would be divisible by itself and one _and_ two.

[robertotorres]

Yo whats the music in the background it sounds amazing

[Mummyfier]

So if the universe expanding dilutes the light into longer wave lengths, does that mean that if we took a picture with camera that could see in those wave lengths, would we see the "light" all around us in space?

[Mtnsunshine]

Fascinating. 👍 I did not know any of this about Edgar Allan Poe. Thank you. 🙏

[atlaskx]

So if our eyes were able to see light waves that were lower on the spectrum than visible light, would the universe appear white? Is red shift the only thing preventing it from being that way? I also think while there maybe be a lot of stars, there still aren’t enough stars for them to completely cover the night sky.

[cecilionembraceofnight]

space is always created beautiful and terrifying things that science cannot answer them but our creator knows the design for this creation ❤❤❤
wonderful unuverse.