the moon say appear. blurred and stars flicka as they seem to do to the naked eye. but astronomers have thought up ways around the problem and they use lasers and adaptive optics to compensate for the blur the atmosphere causes. the result images of distant realms. or they send telescopes such as the hubble into space beyond the earth's atmosphere with a view is clear. when the astronauts on the international space station orbiting at an altitude of around four hundred kilometers look out of the window the stars don't flicker either. if you have a science question go to our website and send it in if we answer it on the show