Why can't my headlights shine more than 160 feet in front of me, but stars can emit light that travels allllll the way the fuck to us here on the earth... I understand that on earth, there is atmosphere and whatnot that scatters and stops the light from shining further, but isnt starlight travelling through arguably much more atmosphere to shine all the way the fuck to my eyes? I mean- what the fuck- Why do people believe this shit? Can someone explain to me why I can see starlight from billions of miles away?
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this is just one of my many questions that I would really like a straight answer to other than a low-energy lazy response like "because its a fucking star, retard". That is not very informative. Ok- if it is a super bright fire ball that emits shit tons of light, WHY AND HOW can it get here to me? Thats my question. I have lots of em. Would like to hear some theories or thoughts or at least some basic logic that underpins all of the stuff I am told to just believe or else Im a retard.