Why Is the Night Sky Black? #shorts

Assuming the universe is infinite and filled with an infinite numbers of stars, the night sky should be bright and not dark. This phenomenon, also known as Olbers' paradox, kept astronomers confused for a long time.

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700+ minutes of Kurzgesagt Soundtracks by Epic Mountain:

[gamebrosyo]

"Light travels at the speed of light"

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[lunicid]

imagine how bright it would be if you could see every single star and galaxy and everything else

[justadot.]

The among us figure was brighter than the whole night sky to me

[Reversely]

To add to that, despite having these many stars, the universe can be accurately described as "empty" more than it is "full".

[NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

Fun fact: Because of lack of light pollution, night was much more blue toned than pitch dark before electricity. This means Shinobi actually wore dark blue and not black to blend in.

[suspicioussand]

Long ago, the sky was always bright, but it was too op and the devs nerfed it

[AugustSeria]

"OH MY GOD, Kurzgesagt! You can't just ask the night sky why it's black!"

[calihhan]

My dad always said, you should turn the light off where you don't need it.

[bmobasco]

The sun emitting light “for a few billion years “ only somehow still gives me anxiety.

[jbassstrat]

Also our eyes only see a tiny part of the light spectrum. After long distances, the light is red-shiftted and we cant see it

[captainnakou]

thank you kurzgesagt team for keeping the amongus meme alive

[nvehnib]

just stopping by for my weekly existential crisis

[havocjdtnt]

Light needs something to bounce off to be seen in the form of an object so because there is nothing to bounce off in space between planets it's dark

[erickck]

But what if, the universe stopped expanding and then every star won the gulag and revives making a universal flashbang?

[ashazansari]

Imagine running across the universe just for the human to close his eyes

[TheAwsomeSawse]

13.8 Billion years seems extremely young to me on a galactic scale. Fermi paradox could be as simple to explain as we’re just early to the party.

[fep_ptcp]

The night sky is black to our eyes, but it glows brightly in the microwave part of the spectrum (CMB)

[ReeeMonke]

It hurts my brain to think that the universe and literally everything in existence just didnt exist one day and then it just did

[Smiling_RBLX]

"Why is the nice guy black?"
Way too many movies with that character arc!

[TheKane]

Because the white night is busy saving princesses.