alleryStart learning →Why does the Milky Way look like a hazy band, not separate stars?
AStars are too far to see one by one
BIt is a cloud of water vapour
CMoonlight spreads over the sky
DStars there are very faint dust
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Stars are too far to see one by one
The stars in the band are so distant that the naked eye cannot tell them apart, so their light blends into a haze.
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