Can you go blind from looking into space?

I was observing the night sky the other day and realized that, within the solar system, the sun is much brighter than the nearest star. In fact, even our moon is much brighter than the nearest star.<br><br>So I got wondering, can you go blind from looking into space? Imagine that earth is just like a magnifying glass, a space between the atmosphere and the curve of a planet that focuses all of the light onto a single point. And imagine that your eye is that point.<br><br>Would you go blind from looking into space?<br><br>&#x200B;