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librasteve | 20 days ago

Why is the sky black?

- at night (of course)

- there are ~1 septillion stars that are all shiny

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mr_toad|19 days ago

If the universe was infinite and eternal you’d expect the night sky to be white - all the gaps between stars would be filled in with stars further away.

librasteve|19 days ago

this! guess this is the definitive proof that the visible universe is finite