Question

"If there were no atmosphere, the tiny molecules of gases and dust particles in the air break up and scatter the light of the sun into various colours"
This is something i read in my book and now i am totally confused, thinking how would it happen,can someone explain it to me please.​

Answer 1

if there was no atmosphere,the tiny molecules of gases and dust particles will gather together and rain down while the sun shine on the particles making the color glow because the colors are combining into various of colors looking like the galaxy.