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Why Do Stars Twinkle?

Stars look like they’re twinkling in our night sky because of our atmosphere. As their light travels through the air to reach us, it gets bent and scattered by different layers of air with different temperatures.

This causes the stars to appear as if they’re moving slightly, which makes them look like they’re twinkling! If we could see stars from space, where there is no atmosphere, they wouldn’t twinkle at all.