Olbers paradox is explained by cosmic dust instead of the Big Bang

Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 18:50 in Astronomy & Space

Background The German astronomer Heinrich Olbers in 1823 is credited with the paradoxical observation that the night sky is dark, but in a static infinite universe the night sky should be bright....

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