Question

Write a note on “twinkling of stars.”Write answer of the given question.

Answer 1

Twinkling, or scintillation, is a generic term for variations in apparent brightness or position of a distant luminous object viewed through a medium. ... In simple terms, twinkling of stars is caused by the passing of light through different layers of a turbulent atmosphere.

Answer 2

Stars in the night sky is one of the most beautiful part of our mother nature.

The tiny stars in the night sky are actually humongous in size and is bigger than our sun but it appears small to us due to the lightyears of distance between the stars and our planet.

And the stars twinkle at the night time due to the turbulence in our planet's atmosphere the light rays coming from the stars are often reflected in different directions and that's why the stars twinkle.