Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment order“[Edward Robert] Harrison argues that the first to set out a satisfactory resolution of the paradox was Lord Kelvin, in a little known 1901 paper, and that Edgar Allan Poe's essay Eureka (1848) curiously anticipated some qualitative aspects of Kelvin's argument: Were the succession of stars endless, then the background of the sky would present us a uniform luminosity, like that displayed by the Galaxy – since there could be absolutely no point, in all that background, at which would…
Constant speed of light is the main problem… More infos: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_speed_of_light Paper: http://www.januscosmologicalmodel.com/pdf/1988-ModPhysLettA-...
It might seem like a paradox from our perspective, but there is good possibility that like fish in water - our senses & instruments just haven't evolved to perceive and function out of water (off earth) A good possible explanation would be that the seemingly empty void of space is chalk full of dark matter scientists assume makes up 95% of the universe and our eyes can't see it like a dog can't see color, and this invisible matter might…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 288
- Total comments
- 151
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-08-02 | Olbers' paradox | anacleto | 40 | 20 |
| 2017-03-05 | Olbers' paradox (“dark night sky paradox”) | sebg | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-05-14 | Olbers' paradox – The night should be bright | dedalus | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-12-30 | Olbers' paradox | ZeljkoS | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-08-07 | Dark Night Sky Paradox | natex | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-08-03 | Olbers' Paradox | gregoronio | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-12-12 | Olbers' ParadoxFirst breakout · Best thread | bookofjoe | 162 | 81 |
| 2021-08-03 | Olbers' Paradox | landonxjames | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-03-27 | Olbers' ParadoxLatest 20+ point return | luu | 75 | 50 |
| 2023-07-13 | Olbers Paradox: why is the night sky dark? | superposeur | 3 | 0 |