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Why Aren't Any Stars Visible in Photos Taken in Space or on the Moon?

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 returned lunar surface photographs with a black sky and no visible stars. The phrase “why aren't any stars visible in photos taken in space or on the moon” points to a photography problem, not an astronomy problem. NASA’s Apollo still photography record shows that the lunar surface work used modified Hasselblad cameras, and the mission’s lunar photography report documents the camera systems and exposure ranges carried…
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New Space Economy broke the news on Wednesday, April 29, 2026.
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