Usually means: Why is the night sky dark?
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Olbers' paradox: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Olbers' paradox: Wiktionary
  3. Olbers' paradox: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. olbers' paradox, olbers paradox: Dictionary.com
  5. Olbers' paradox: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Olber's paradox, Olbers' paradox, Olbers paradox: Encyclopedia

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Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Olbers' Paradox: Eric Weisstein's World of Astronomy
  2. Olber's Paradox: Extragalactic Astronomy
  3. OLBERS' PARADOX: Zoom Astronomy Glossary

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  1. JPL Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Olbers' paradox)

▸ noun:  (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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