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If space/the universe has gorillions of stars, the constant light would cancel out Earth's darkness at night, and we sure as hell would be seeing their lights in Earth orbit. Where ARE these zillions of stars?

If space/the universe has gorillions of stars, the constant light would cancel out Earth's darkness at night, and we sure as hell would be seeing their lights in Earth orbit. Where ARE these zillions of stars?

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compared to 14 light years, of our nearest neighbor, very close.

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Doesn't matter, light goes on forever in a vacuum. The Earth's 'night sky' should be bright as day, and 'scientists' can't really explain it anyway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olbers%27_paradox

Please read the article, it's not long. TL;DR: it can't really be explained, except by 'theories' that are hotly debated amongst nerds. I don't know the answer.

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I don't care about what 'should' or about any paradox. I have eyes. I see stars. I use logic. Static amount of light emitted in all directions, father away = smaller angle of light from spherical source hits you, hence less intensity. Simple as fuck. Dude is simply wrong, there is no paradox, we just still don't understand the universe enough yet.

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How do you know the lights in the sky are stars? Just let that sink in.