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Jakarta, Space-id.com - Twinkle stars is a fascinating charm for our eyes. That we can see directly as we stare into the sky at night.
Our eyes seem to be able to see thousands of stars in the sky because of the glittering light that's emitted.
This blinking star even has a scientific term, which is "the gleam of the atmosphere."
Wonder why? Let's find out.
Sparkling Star
Stars are visible flickering because it's very far from the Earth.
When we try to observe the stars through the telescope, we'll see little dots in red, orange, blue or white.
It has something to do with our Earth having a layer of atmosphere.
The Earth has an atmosphere that reaches 10,000 kilometers above the Earth's surface.
In the atmosphere, air is breathed out, while hot air rises and mixes with colder air.
The layers of the Earth's atmosphere can easily interfere with the starlight points visible in the sky.
The rapid change in the brightness of the star or the colour of the star produced by the irregular atmosphere is what makes the star's glittering light known as the gleam of the atmosphere.
When starlight penetrates our Earth's atmosphere, the star's light will be fertilized by turbulence in the atmosphere.
