<p>What i mean, why we still get dark if all the stars are sending their light to earth.</p>

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2017-05-11T22:17:45.820Z
Please look up Olbers paradox.
ProfRob
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2017-05-12T06:22:20.203Z
Strongly linked https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/13742/why-when-we-look-through-a-telescope-in-space-do-the-billions-of-stars-not-bloc?rq=1 if not a duplicate.
ProfRob
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2017-05-12T11:24:01.740Z
Please clarify your confusion.  It's not obvious whether you're headed for Olber's paradox or simply that you don't know how light propogates from a distant point source.
Carl Witthoft
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Why at night the light of all stars get in small amount to earth?
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# Why at night the light of all stars get in small amount to earth?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-11)

What i mean, why we still get dark if all the stars are sending their light to earth.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Please look up Olbers paradox.  
> **username_1**: Strongly linked https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/13742/why-when-we-look-through-a-telescope-in-space-do-the-billions-of-stars-not-bloc?rq=1 if not a duplicate.  
> **username_2**: Please clarify your confusion.  It's not obvious whether you're headed for Olber's paradox or simply that you don't know how light propogates from a distant point source.  

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