Olbers' paradox
Meanings
name
- The observation that the night sky is mostly dark, yet, in a boundless universe of stars, every line of sight from the eye must eventually intercept the surface of a star.
Word forms
Etymology
From Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer.
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