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> then the atmosphere must be playing a huge role in allowing us to see stars.

It does not. The Earth blocking out the light from the Sun (and the side of the Earth facing it) does.

Of course, that also works in space, and stars are visible in space:

https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/stargazing-from-the-inter...



Ah nice, thanks. I would think these would be as popular as the dark background earth ones, but maybe I just missed them.




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