As the title says, if there’s infinite stars, wouldn’t the light from all of them have reached us and made our night sky become completely white from the number of stars there are? Is there just not enough stars in proximity to earth for all the light to reach us in time to see?
I’m sure there’s a simple answer, but it’s 1am here and my brain can’t figure it out.
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a ) There aren’t an infinite number of stars, to our best of knowledge.
b ) Even if there were light takes time to travel. There is a concept called the “observable universe”, which is a sphere centered around the earth with a rough diameter of 93 billion light-years. Any stars further away than that will not be visible to us, as their light hasn’t had time to reach us.
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