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Why do stars twinkle?

We see stars twinkling at night. But why do stars twinkle? This resource takes us forward in the search for this answer. It uses an experiment that shows how light bends when it passes from one medium to another. This bending of light is called refraction. Then, by linking it with the movements and different layers of air in the atmosphere, the resource tries to explain the answer to this question.