Let's do a simple test first. Take a big balloon¹ and a small apple and put them together. Which is bigger？ The balloon， of course. Now， put the apple in front of your eyes and put the balloon as faraway as possible. Now look again. Why， the bal-loon has become smaller！ Things far away always appear smaller than their actual² size. Don't the cars and houses far away look small？

　　Actually， every star in the sky is much bigger than the moon. But because they are farther³ away from us the stars look smaller than the moon.