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Scientific Paper
TitleResolving Olbers' Paradox
Author(s)Lee Coe
Keywordsastronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, Olbers' paradox
Published1989
JournalPhysics Essays
Volume2
Number3
Pages239-240

Abstract

Starlight from distant stars is dimmer than light from nearby stars. But increasing distance is not the only factor responsible for dimming. Of these other factors one is particularly important: Some of the radiation from distant stars plunges into bodies of matter and never reaches us. When this fact is taken into account, Olbers' paradox is resolved.