What is the historical conundrum concerning the expected brightness of a dark night sky called?
Answer
Olbers' paradox
The contradiction between the expected overwhelming brightness in an infinitely old, static, star-filled universe and the observed dark night sky is famously known as Olbers' paradox.
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