Olbers's paradox, also known as the dark night paradox or Olbers and Cheseaux's paradox, is an argument in astrophysics and physical cosmology that says...

belt. On 6 March 1815, Olbers discovered a periodic comet, now named after him (formally designated 13P/Olbers). Olbers' paradox, described by him in 1823...

interpretation of Hubble's law is relevant to the old conundrum known as Olbers' paradox: If the universe were infinite in size, static, and filled with a uniform...

Earth's atmosphere, the sky is black day and night. An illustration of Olbers' paradox (see below) Image of the central black hole of Messier 87 taken by...

A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. It is a statement that, despite apparently...

Earth. Olbers' paradox: Why is the night sky dark if there is an infinity of stars, covering every part of the celestial sphere? GZK paradox: Extreme-energy...

resemble the universe we inhabit, are continually being born. Olbers' paradox is another paradox which aims to disprove an infinitely old static universe,...

13P/Olbers, a periodic comet Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers was a German astronomer Olbers (crater), on the Moon Olbers, a 200 km diameter dark albedo...

the calculated entropy is not an extensive variable as it should be. Olbers' paradox shows that an infinite universe with a uniform distribution of stars...

spinning nebula of gas and dust. 1826 – Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers puts forth Olbers' paradox. 1832–1838 – Following over 100 years of unsuccessful attempts...