Off By 400 Percent: Where Is All Of The Ultraviolet Light Coming From?

Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 09:10 in Astronomy & Space

Olber's Paradox asks why the sky is not a sheet of white. Since just the galaxy we are in has 50 stars for every person currently on earth traveling to us at all time, how can it ever get dark when there are billions of galaxies all containing stars?  It isn't just a visible light mystery, something is amiss in the ultraviolet Universe also.  We can't explain all of the light in the cosmic budget. read more

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