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Well, this applies to anything you see that isn’t a source of light.

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And even applies to things that are a light sauce.

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Yep, it's true. All sauces, applesauce, ketchup, gravy, etc are seen as reflected light. They don't emit any light themselves.

black-body radiation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-body_radiation

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I hate you, here's your upvote

While you may be correct, it's it only on a technicality. The vast majority of light observed from these condiments is reflected under normal conditions.

So what you’re saying is people just aren’t looking hard enough. Try squinting really hard to see further in the electro magnetic spectrum.

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So... no, the sun is the specific name for our star, ithas not been burning long enough to have hit most other planets we can see.

If you change it to star light than,

/r/thatshowthingswork literally everything you 'see" is starlight reflected off an object.