05. Would we have trouble knowing what day it is in space? (A K2S Question)

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Traveling through space, with no planet to determine night or day, we would soon lose track of night and day unless we reminded ourselves with clocks or artificial night and daytime (turning lights down for night and back up again for daytime).

Answer provided by Luke Keller, Ph.D.


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