Tag: Edgar Alan Poe

• The POE-t who beat the Astronomers to it !

  Astronomers, from the late 16th century onwards, who believed that the universe was infinite in age and extent, couldn’t understand why the night sky wasn’t an uninterrupted blaze of light. If the universe was infinite in extent, and had an infinite number of stars, then every line of sight would lead to a star, and […]

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  24th Apr 2022

  Current Affairs, Literature, Poetry, Religion, Science

  Astronomy, Edgar Alan Poe, Light, Pride & Prejudice, The Big Bang, The Universe