Question

The sky appears dark instead of blue to an astronaut. State its reason.

Answer 1

there is no surface to reflect in space, so it is dark but appers blue from earth due to refraction of light in earth's atmosphere

Answer 2

Explanation:

The sky appears dark instead of blue to an astronaut because there is no atmosphere in the outer space that can scatter the sunlight. As the sunlight is not scattered, no scattered light reach the eyes of the astronauts and the sky appears black to them.