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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Im more of a flat earther check out NathanOakley1980 at Flat Earth Debate. Globies cant even explain like you said and the map they use is that of a projection of the globe on a flat earth using altitude measurements. Okay so majority of gas 75-80% is below the cloud levels. Now do to temperture that level can be higher or lower. Gases go through cycles absorbed and released by living things, us, trees, etc. the gases that do get past this cloud level expand out to about 10-20miles since gas expands there are less particles of gas up there. If you believe in a vacuum you have to define it, so lets say that a vacuum is an environment that has particles but they are less than .001% of the particles found on earth, and times that by all the other planets. I think NASA says the vacuum starts at sea level and gradients upward (could be wrong). So the light from stars has no resistance or obstruction other then planets and moons. Where as your headlights have 75-80% of gas particles to obstruct or bend its travels. This is just what I would postulate their answer to be.
I get this. however, I am only 5 foot 9. So, starlight has to travel through that same atmosphere (that fucks with headlights) to get to my eyes right?
Yes but the distance they travel is unobstructed from particles until it hits the particles in the air of our planet.