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Olbers's paradox says that because the night sky is dark, at least one of these three assumptions must be false. 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 the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the assumption of an infinite and ...
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 cosmic rays (like the Oh-My-God particle and several others after it) have been observed that seem to violate the Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit , which is a consequence of special relativity .
Olbers monument in Bremen by Carl Johann Steinhäuser (1850) Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (/ ˈ ɔː l b ər z /; German:; 11 October 1758 – 2 March 1840) was a German astronomer. He found a convenient method of calculating the orbit of comets, and in 1802 and 1807, discovered the second and the fourth asteroids Pallas and Vesta.
Philosophers such as Bas van Fraassen have important and interesting answers to the second question. In addition to the realism vs. empiricism axis of debate, there is a realism vs. social constructivism axis which heats many academic passions.
However, modern astronomers supply reasonable explanations to answer this question. One of at least several explanations is that distant stars and galaxies are red shifted, which weakens their apparent light and makes the night sky dark. [6] However, the weakening is not sufficient to actually explain Olbers' paradox.
To me, one of the strongest arguments against the Steady State theory has always been Olber's Paradox. The Big Bang answers it quite neatly. Should I mention it in the article? Jhobson1 10:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC) No, because it is not true. See Olber's article - explained by the redshift. --Michael C. Price talk 21:30, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Boolos provides the following clarifications: [1] a single god may be asked more than one question, questions are permitted to depend on the answers to earlier questions, and the nature of Random's response should be thought of as depending on the flip of a fair coin hidden in his brain: if the coin comes down heads, he speaks truly; if tails ...
The mathematically formulated paradox of Olbers is reformulated here as a process of ever more shells becoming visible, one on top of the other, in doing so creating a sphere of increasing radius full of stars. However, what Olbers did not take into account is the disappearing again of shells because the stars in it had died and the light they ...