However, he is best-known for questioning if the universe is endless and uniformly populated with stars, why is the sky dark at night.
At the age of 21 this man devised a new way to calculate the orbits of comets, and in 1832 predicted that the Earth would pass through the tail of Biela's comet, sparking widespread panic in Europe. Performing his astronomical studies from the attic of his Bremen medical practice, in 1815 he discovered his namesake comet, having earlier discovered the asteroids Pallas and Vesta. However, he is best-known for questioning if the universe is endless and uniformly populated with stars, why is the sky dark at night. FTP, who was this namesake of a famous astronomical paradox?
At the age of 21 this man devised a new way to calculate the orbits of comets, and in 1832 predicted that the Earth would pass through the tail of Biela's comet, sparking widespread panic in Europe.
(Heinrich) Wilhelm (Matthaus) Olbers