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Olbers' paradox
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オルバースのパラドックスとは、無限に広がる恒星の分布があると仮定すると、どの方向を見ても星の輝きに覆われるはずなのに、実際には夜空が暗いという観察結果の矛盾を指す天文学上のパラドックスである。
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(astronomy) The observation that the night sky is mostly dark, yet, in a boundless universe of stars, every line of sight from the eye must eventually intercept the surface of a star.
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Olbers' paradox
The professor used Olbers' paradox to illustrate why the night sky remains dark even though the universe contains countless stars.
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The professor used Olbers' paradox to illustrate why the night sky remains dark even though the universe contains countless stars.
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