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(m)oon :
Stars die though…
2026-05-19 20:40:46
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toast___x :
Wrong. Light intensity falls off with distance
2026-05-20 04:19:43
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Paul :
Why would there necessarily be a star at every point in the sky? I disagree with the first premise.
2026-05-21 00:58:57
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mercurythea.i :
Maybe the expansion of the universe has something to do with this?
2026-05-19 20:28:40
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BigEdTucsonAZ :
its not infinitely old
2026-05-19 19:42:07
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zh :
Wouldn’t that also require infinite stuff
2026-05-20 04:02:21
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Nathan Maltais :
Or that space is moving away faster than light
2026-05-20 04:36:23
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Fanren :
light gets blocked by intersteller dust and gas which is all over the place in space. also space is very vast. lota of matter dont emmit light and absorb light like black holes.
2026-05-20 23:31:20
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D.R. :
Light also tends to redshift the further away from you it is, which humans have much more difficulty seeing with our naked eye. If a star is 13 billion light years away, we wouldn't be able to see it regardless.
2026-05-19 20:21:30
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Thinking Skeptically :
In order for Olber’s Paradox to apply, you need both a universe of infinite age and a static universe. Because cosmic expansion stretches out the wavelengths of light as it travels toward us, it eventually stretches out of the visible spectrum into the infrared and then microwave spectrum. Even if you did eventually hit a star, it would have to be close enough for its light to still be visible.
2026-05-19 22:44:51
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SleepyJoe :
Wouldn’t stars have to last forever for this to be technically true?
2026-05-20 03:44:41
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MayITasteYou :
I can already tell im gonna have a long, sleepless night 🤔😳
2026-05-31 23:31:51
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user9867275278491 :
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2026-05-19 19:31:03
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Ja :
Or… just maybe… there is alot of dust and gas in the way
2026-05-20 19:41:07
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Solon :
The so called paradox only exists if we make stronger assumptions than the assumptions stated in the video. I'm not sure why every popsci video here trying to explain this paradox gets this wrong.
2026-05-20 17:41:18
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Brandon :
This only works without expansion and red shifting
2026-05-20 03:05:39
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Joey Pucino :
Huh
2026-05-21 06:00:21
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Brenna Flood :
Stars also die.
2026-05-20 06:54:29
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H.ward :
Or something Is in the way blocking the light
2026-05-31 23:51:27
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vVv :
Light travels from source (lets say sun), time goes by and sun dies (or explodes), no more light travels, eventually darkness will follow. The end
2026-06-22 15:12:05
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Migue Covarrubias :
Is there enough matter for infinite stars to form?
2026-07-01 01:01:00
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0 :
I learned that in the book brief history of time
2026-07-07 20:38:09
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imreadyforyoutobequiet :
or the stars are moving away from us at a rate faster than light
2026-06-22 03:44:42
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Origosis :
Unless we are at the beginning of infinity.
2026-07-07 16:36:02
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