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  2. Olbers's paradox - Wikipedia

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    The paradox is that a static, infinitely old universe with an infinite number of stars distributed in an infinitely large space would be bright rather than dark. [1] A view of a square section of four concentric shells. To show this, we divide the universe into a series of concentric shells, 1 light year thick.

  3. Proof (2005 film) - Wikipedia

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    Proof is a 2005 American drama film directed by John Madden and starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hope Davis. The screenplay was written by Rebecca Miller and David Auburn and based on Auburn's Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name .

  4. Borde–Guth–Vilenkin theorem - Wikipedia

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    The Borde–Guth–Vilenkin (BGV) theorem is a theorem in physical cosmology which deduces that any universe that has, on average, been expanding throughout its history cannot be infinite in the past but must have a past spacetime boundary. [1]

  5. Heat death paradox - Wikipedia

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    Assuming that the universe is eternal, a question arises: How is it that thermodynamic equilibrium has not already been achieved? [4]This theoretical paradox is directed at the then-mainstream strand of belief in a classical view of a sempiternal universe, whereby its matter is postulated as everlasting and having always been recognisably the universe.

  6. Theory of everything - Wikipedia

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    The debate between the universe having either a beginning or eternal cycles can be traced to ancient Babylonia. [13] Hindu cosmology posits that time is infinite with a cyclic universe , where the current universe was preceded and will be followed by an infinite number of universes.

  7. Javelin argument - Wikipedia

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    The argument fails in the case that the universe might be shaped like the surface of a hypersphere or torus. (Consider a similar fallacious argument that the Earth's surface must be infinite in area: because otherwise one could go to the Earth's edge and throw a javelin, proving that the Earth's surface continued wherever the javelin hit the ...

  8. Infinite (film) - Wikipedia

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    Infinite is a 2021 American science fiction action film directed by Antoine Fuqua, from a screenplay written by Ian Shorr based on a story by Todd Stein (itself adapted from D. Eric Maikranz's 2009 novel The Reincarnationist Papers). [1]

  9. Vicki Vale - Wikipedia

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    Vicki Vale is a journalist, usually based in Gotham City, who has worked for a number of publications across various iterations of the character and the surrounding DC universe. She is frequently depicted as a romantic interest of Bruce Wayne, the alter-ego of Batman .