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Chapter 5: The Dark Night Sky and Olbers’ Paradox

      https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813141575_0005Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)
      Abstract:

      Olber’s paradox is the riddle of the darkness of the night sky in conflict with the presumed infinity of the universe. If there were infinite stars, in infinite galaxies, in the universe, looking in any direction from the Earth’s surface the line of sight should end at the surface of a star and then the whole night sky should look bright…