What Is Atmospheric Distortion? - Worldatlas.com

The twinkling of a star is not caused by the star itself, but rather, is caused by the distortion of the star’s light as it passes through our atmosphere.

When you look up at the night sky, you have likely noticed that the stars twinkle. Interestingly, stars do not actually twinkle. If you were to leave the Earths atmosphere, the stars would appear sol… [+2338 chars]

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