Boone jokes that “there’s more effect shots in this movie than the original Star Wars … getting rid of wires, mic pops, stabilizing camera,” and more.But a major scene required that a ...

If the star has a planet, or planets, orbiting around it the effect will be amplified - with each planet making a detectable contribution to the brightening effect on the background star.

Science 101 tells us that the twinkling appearance of stars from our vantage point on Earth is due to atmospheric effects: winds and varying temperatures and densities in the air bend and distort ...