Answer 1:
What an interesting question! One of the
fascinating things about stars is that they can
come in so many different sizes, they are not all
the same size. Most stars are much larger than
Earth. In fact, the sun is classified as a
star, and it is one million times larger than
Earth! The reason that stars look so little is
because they are very far away from Earth. The
sun is the closest star to us and it is 93 million
miles away. The next closest star is over 4 light
years away! Now for your last question, why do
stars look like they are twinkling? This is
because the light has to travel so far to finally
reach us that it sometimes doesn't follow a direct
straight line, especially in earth's atmosphere.
So we see this small movement of the light path as
blinking or twinkling. I hope you enjoyed
this answer and continue to learn more about
stars!
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