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Should the night sky--between the stars--be dark? Explore this question, which is called Olber's paradox, at this site from the American Museum of Natural History. There you'll find out how some ideas from introductory physics, and some assumptions about the universe, lead to predictions about the night sky.
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/informal/items/detail.cfm?ID=4131">American Museum of Natural History . Olber's Paradox: Why Is The Sky Dark at Night?. New York: American Museum of Natural History , August 25, 2006.</a>
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(American Museum of Natural History , New York, 2000), WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20160121001029/http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/cosmic/cs_paradox.html).
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Olber's Paradox: Why Is The Sky Dark at Night? (American Museum of Natural History , New York, 2000), <http://web.archive.org/web/20160121001029/http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/cosmic/cs_paradox.html>.
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Olber's Paradox: Why Is The Sky Dark at Night?. (2006, August 25). Retrieved January 16, 2025, from American Museum of Natural History : http://web.archive.org/web/20160121001029/http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/cosmic/cs_paradox.html
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American Museum of Natural History . Olber's Paradox: Why Is The Sky Dark at Night?. New York: American Museum of Natural History , August 25, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20160121001029/http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/cosmic/cs_paradox.html (accessed 16 January 2025).
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Olber's Paradox: Why Is The Sky Dark at Night?. New York: American Museum of Natural History , 2000. 25 Aug. 2006. 16 Jan. 2025 <http://web.archive.org/web/20160121001029/http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/cosmic/cs_paradox.html>.
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Title = {Olber's Paradox: Why Is The Sky Dark at Night?},
Publisher = {American Museum of Natural History },
Volume = {2025},
Number = {16 January 2025},
Month = {August 25, 2006},
Year = {2000}
}
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