Proof we are in the matrix: Olber's Paradox

[DimPrawn]

Hours of fun reading through the details of all the paradoxes.

List of paradoxes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[gingerjedi]

Black Holes, light cannot escape.

Panic over.

[AlfredJPruffock]

He didn't know about the big bang but was right in that there are stars whose light will never reach us.

But in an inflationary universe, light is also red shifted, in effect the sky could be filled with stars whose light is dimmed.

Thats why Space Telescopes such as ESAs Herschel and Planck examine the Infra Red and MicroWave Realms of the Universe to in effect - Travel back in Time to examine to the formation of Star Sytems and for Planck - sampling microwave energy from Big Bang iteself - and perhaps beyond if the Planck data confirms the existence of Multi-Universe ..

Meaning the detection of the signature of microwave energy from a time before the supposed time of the creation of the Universe .. theres a noble prize somewhere in that Planck data !

The visible Universe being only one aspect of the Universe and Time is not what you may think it is.

[TimberWolf]

The visible Universe being only one aspect of the Universe and Time is not what you may think it is.

Time is what it's defined to be.

[NotAllThere]

He didn't know about the big bang but was right in that there are stars whose light will never reach us.

But in an inflationary universe, light is also red shifted, in effect the sky could be filled with stars whose light is dimmed.

It is. It's called background radiation, at about 3K.

At my local GP's practice, I always have a choice of two. And I never know which to see. It's a real pair o' docs.

[Bunk]

It is. It's called background radiation, at about 3K.

At my local GP's practice, I always have a choice of two. And I never know which to see. It's a real pair o' docs.

I believe this is your coat?

[scooterscot]

While musing the +/- of solar panels I began to wonder why the universe appears dark if there are so many stars in it. :roll eyes:

Look I'm on holiday,

It's taken humans nearly 200 years to answer the question, why is the sky dark? And it's not until very recently (the last 20 years or so) we've understood why.

Simply put the accelerating expansion of the universe prevents distant light from ever reaching us.

[Arturo Bassick]

Simply put the accelerating expansion of the universe prevents distant light from ever reaching us.

That would mean the Universe is expanding faster than the speed of light!

[scooterscot]

That would mean the Universe is expanding faster than the speed of light!

No.

[Arturo Bassick]

No.

Then the light would reach us! (eventually)