Yeah, I understand all that. But stars are Huuuuge suns that generate an enormous amounts of light! Saturn simply reflects light from a sun billions of miles from it! Look we can’t even see satellites in near-earth orbits very well. Because they’re so far away, not because they reflect less...
I'm past middle age, and it seems I should have fewer questions about life and the universe than ever. I have more now. For some reason this past year or so I've been absolutely consumed with trying to grasp the immensity of the universe and distances. For whatever reason, I'm having more...