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Is Outer Space really black? I am confused.

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Our perception of it is black because there isn't much there to reflect light, at least there isn't much there that is close by to one another. That's my understanding of it. What are you confused on?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juaH-CKmHFM

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DBCooper(2194) Disputed
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Perception -the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses - the state of being or process of becoming aware of something through the senses - a way of regarding, understanding, or interpreting something; a mental impression

Which way is it you perceiving the Outer Space ?

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Mint_tea(4641) Clarified
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Our perception of it is typically based off looking up at the night sky. Most of it is black, followed by wee dots of bright light thus we perceive it to be (or interpret it as) black . I'm not sure if that's answering your question, if it isn't please elaborate.

Side: yes
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Yes, outer space is indeed black. Since black is actually not a color, per se, but rather, is the absence of all colors.

Since space is a vacuum, with not atmosphere to refract light, as our own atmosphere does, it is absent of color. Ergo...Black.

We are of course excepting the various bodies that inhabit the outer space, such as stars, nebulae (which are basically plasma-like cocoons for stars), and planets.

What makes our own sky appear blue?

A phenomenon called "Rayleigh Scattering." Named after the guy who originally discovered how it works. The specific gaseous composition of our own Earth atmosphere--which is basically 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen--refracts incoming electromagnetic light rays from the Sun so as to make them appear Blue to us.

Should the gas composition of our atmosphere be comprised of a slightly different combo of gases, we would see a sky of a different color. Like Mars, for example, which has a Red atmosphere. Hence the term "Red Planet." The rusting of the iron in its geology also makes for a reddish appearance.

So yeah, don't be confused....Space can be accurately generalized as being Black.

If you really want to get confused, think about this..........

Our descriptions for what color things are is really ass-backwards!

Why?

Because the color we see....say, a red car, is really just that color of the electro-magnetic spectrum getting bounced off of that object!

So, in reality, that "red" car is any color EXCEPT red, since that one wavelength is getting deflected off of its surface and so is not ON the surface.

Cool, eh?

Just goes to show: all is not what it seems, and there really is no objective reality. Only what our limited and finite senses have us believe is real.

SS

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From what I understand space is black and has density.

The Bible in the beginning discusses darkness over the deep. The term used fot darkness in Hebrew heavy darkness you could feel.

Side: yes
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John 01:01 .. In the beginning was the Word .. and the Word was with God .. and the Word was God

01:02 .. he was in the beginning with God

01:03 .. all things came into being through him .. and apart from him nothing came into being that has come into being

01:04 .. In him was life .. and the life was the Light of men

01:05 .. the light shines in the darkness .. and the darkness did not comprehend it .... audio .... full context ...

no, not really no .. just like being at the top of the page :P

Side: no