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The Sun Hides Really Well At Night
For a big star in space
Sometimes at night, I love to look at the moon and marvel at its light.
Some nights, the moon looks like you can take one long jump and land on it with how close to Earth it looks sometimes. Other nights, it’s far away in space.
Yesterday, around 12 am, the moon caught my eye with how bright and beautiful it was through my window.
After staring at it for a minute, I would take my eyes off of it for a few minutes, then look at it again. The second time I looked at it, I noticed that it was in a new spot in the sky.
It was so intriguing to me how the moon was moving in space, or maybe it was Earth that was moving. Then my mind really started to wonder about space. The next thing that came to my mind was the big bright sun.
According to NASA Solar System Exploration:
The Sun is the largest object in our solar system. Its diameter is about 865,000 miles (1.4 million kilometers). Its gravity holds the solar system together, keeping everything from the biggest planets to the smallest bits of debris in orbit around it.
