It is not just in space where nothing is lit by a uniform light source or with a uniform brightness. This is also true for many casual photos you would take on this planet.
Outside of a set of scenarios like “daylight” or “cloudy”, and especially if you shoot with a mix of disparate artificial existing light sources at night, you have a very similar problem. Shooting raw somewhat moves this problem to development stage, but it remains a challenge: balance for one, make the others look weird. Yet (and this is a paradox not present in deep space photography) astoundingly the same scene can look beautiful to the human eye!
In the end, it is always a subjective creative job that concerns your interpretation of light and what you want people to see.
Outside of a set of scenarios like “daylight” or “cloudy”, and especially if you shoot with a mix of disparate artificial existing light sources at night, you have a very similar problem. Shooting raw somewhat moves this problem to development stage, but it remains a challenge: balance for one, make the others look weird. Yet (and this is a paradox not present in deep space photography) astoundingly the same scene can look beautiful to the human eye!
In the end, it is always a subjective creative job that concerns your interpretation of light and what you want people to see.