Why can’t we see stars during the day?
In: Physics
The atmosphere doesn’t let sunlight straight through, the sunlight bounces around and scatters and comes from all directions. This is why shadows aren’t completely black, and also why we can’t see as many stars in urban areas – the city lights bounce around in the atmosphere and drown out some stars.
This light from the sun bouncing around is much brighter than the light from other stars because the sun is closer. Our eyes are not sensitive enough to pick out the tiny spots of brightness from other stars when there is so much light from our own star coming in as well.
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