Olbers' paradox

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Etymology

from Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers german astronomer

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Noun

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Olbers' paradox

  1. (astronomy) 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
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