This Is Why Space Shouldn't Be Black | Olbers' Paradox

Olbers' Paradox. With so many stars in the universe, why is space black and not white with light? Astrum Answers!
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[@sankang9425]

You can't just ask space why it's black

[@dsmccolgan]

😂

[@0779risingsun]

Could be foggy

[@ristershah]

Hahaha

[@MrBcardinal35]

It's African American

[@thefamilymealgaming]

@@MrBcardinal35 Why does it have to be american, could be black british

[@vortexx101]

Most underrated thumbnail

[@pansepot1490]

Before reading the title I actually thought there was some problem and the image had failed to upload. 😂

[@vortexx101]

Same lol

[@freeannasalter4248]

@@pansepot1490 same😂😂😂

[@firstnamelastname9918]

@spim randsley LMAO!

[@ndrewm]

damn he copied my eternal soul

[@ChrisCVW]

The blackness of space being evidence of the universe’s mortality really is the most metal thing I’ve heard all day.

[@bsautospa2957]

🤘🤘

[@Gjallarhorn84]

Indeed, the most brutal death metal thing ever

[@ligenyodu2645]

for some reason i read metal ss mental.

[@Mr.Obongo]

I get it space is going through a permanent emo phase

[@Gbsnurk]

Yeah idk blackness is a human word that’s associated with evil

[@MAWA-Vik19]

This was way more of a complicated answer than I was expecting to accept lol.

[@tevitafifita6638]

Tim Olson ikr, i was just like “duh, its cuz there’s no light there”... and then i watched it😆

[@spyrex3988]

Trust me, nothing is simple everything is just abstracted for u

[@MAWA-Vik19]

@@tevitafifita6638 🤗🤗

[@MAWA-Vik19]

@@spyrex3988 Absolutely! 🤗🤗

[@Elias-jg6zl]

Tim Olson can I get a hug too🤗

[@taleeftamsal1024]

Why does he sound like he is continuously smiling while speaking?

[@celesteceleste6670]

how can u not be happy making these kinds of videos. what a time to be alive.

[@alivohereiam3780]

because that is a common knowledge that you smile when speaking to remote audience.

[@SernasHeptaDimesionalSpace]

maybe hes under green stuff?

[@alekosalekadis6095]

Because he has eggs under his armpits.

[@celesteceleste6670]

@@SernasHeptaDimesionalSpace that would make a lot of sense.

[@TheLegoJungle]

“The sky would be ablaze with the light of every star in the universe.” I really like that line. Sounds like something you’d find in a fantasy novel.

[@uteriel282]

its not a good thing tho since it would be so bright 24/7 that youd go blind fast. and since light has energy the temperature in the universe would be too high for life to exist anywhere.

[@freeliks]

Uteriel thanks captain obvious

[@jamestheotherone742]

@@uteriel282 More like instantly incinerated.

[@MrCharizardTCG]

Yeah I had to rewind that ..

[@TheYgeth]

Because it's not true. We can't see everything

[@Tomwesstein]

2:27 Okay I really need to clean my screen...

[@nadaotk]

same

[@ortherner]

more like 2:26

[@ortherner]

not same

[@shaunsfx3845]

same

[@yougamer2725]

Same

[@wsg4847]

"A day without sunshine is like, you know, night." Steve Martin

[@christopher-vj4hn]

Hands down one of the best channels on youtube. You have an amazing narration voice and your videos are damn near perfect

[@cjshakes]

I like the path you took on explaining how dim light becomes monochrome to our eyes! I've never heard someone explain that aspect of the night sky. Another interesting thing is, if we could see microwaves, the sky WOULD be quite bright as the CMB covers the night sky completely.

[@gicambuk2004]

true

[@peyxander]

Your channel is extremely undervalued. Your videos stimulate my mind into becoming extremely curious about this beautiful universe, even more than I am naturally. Thank you

[@junglisticlaboratoryunderc1818]

its because hes C/OVERTLY RACIST

[@MrRetroCentral]

Space isn't black, our eyes can't see all the spectrums in space

[@AstralApple]

Yeah infrared light galore.

[@davidwarren2771]

Do you think we've sent humans off to space on missions we dont know about?

[@sbellaharris]

I really hate that the Universe is expanding faster than C.

[@Whos-That-Guy]

yeah but on the flip side if we hang around long enough, our neighbouring "not so uni"verse might just expand into us.... that will surly pop a few bubbles :)

[@prakharmishra3000]

Or do you??

[@lucapowell5502]

No single object is moving faster than the speed of light. Everything is just moving away from each other, at a rate of 70km/s per Megaparsec. It follows that the expansion rate between two bodies is proportional to the distance between them - this expansion rate is bound to reach c given unlimited distance (which is assumed to be the case). This is not to say that the absolute velocities of any of the bodies are above c, just the rate of expansion between them.

[@magichands135]

@@lucapowell5502 No matter can travel faster than light, but the universe itself does not exist or is not surrounded by matter and thus is not bound by these laws. We have to conclude from this that the universe is expanding into a thing called not matter.

[@ENiceGeo]

@@magichands135 Relax. What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. - Homer Simpson

[@TheMwowner1]

DUDE WHAT AN AMAZING VIDEO, THANK YOU! it boggles my mind, how freaking ginormous this universe is. it really really freaks me out. yet we here on earth complain of the smallest things.

[@Trentberkeley86]

I’m like a little smarter now, if I can remember this.

[@watfordfc3389]

Oops, you mean more knowledgable not smarter! Learning a bit of information doesn't increase your intelligence.

[@winstonmcintosher2702]

alex im from south africa u have taught me so much please keep going bro u the best.

[@junglisticlaboratoryunderc1818]

*RACIST DETECTED*

[@fritz9270]

@@junglisticlaboratoryunderc1818 ?

[@RaymarFootball]

Because it’s empty like my soul

[@celesteceleste6670]

i knew gingers had some kind of advantage in life.

[@rogerscottcathey]

pity party!! yeah! woe is i . . . too! yay! 🙄🤔😨

[@0779risingsun]

So your soul is black. My is clear like a cristal

[@rogerscottcathey]

@@0779risingsun : yer not allowed in the pity party!! boo! 😣😫😥😜

[@nikolanikolov389]

@@0779risingsun Crystals ain't that clean as my fcking city becuse of this quarantine

[@Oveyz]

These are some of the fastest clicks of the quarantine! New Astrum video? Yes please!

[@freddiespencer927]

Absolutely stunning! I'm not sure why but I wept hearing such wonderful information about our world as we know it and our world as it is hidden. Thank you.

[@MyEyesBled]

Because BLACK is BEAUTIFUL, especially when it has sparkles within it!

[@adventureswithdogs2251]

Thank you for another wonderful and accurate video. I've read up on this very subject, but let's face it- science publications can be a bit dry. You always bring these to a level which everyone can understand, but never sacrifice accuracy.

[@absolutedeath_666]

Best. Thumbnail. Ever.

[@niteshkumarverma3318]

So beautiful thanks sir

[@ProximaCentauri88]

I have subscribed to lots of space channels and man, you are the BEST narrator.

[@asiguere]

I cant even begin to express the anxiety this is giving me

[@machina5]

What's making you anxious?

[@CyberiusT]

Dude, if the very concept of the universe having birth and death states bothers you, stop watching cosmology stuff right now! There are /far/ too many very evident ways that this place is trying to kill everyone and everything - eventually. And for the love of Ghu, DO NOT look up vacuum decay!

[@asiguere]

@@CyberiusT i can do that?! Will do, thank you!

[@ryanairbrennttt4914]

@@asiguere science is not always true think about it there is no way science can explain why the universe exists shouldn't nothing exist?

[@spaceman3518]

Love that episode! And the background music, I can listen to it all the time :D thank for your great work! Stay safe

[@Lennart.4444]

Whenever i see how big space is, i feel obligated to do more for humanity

[@darksilver9593]

this chanel is by far the best chanel on youtube. Love all youre videos man.

[@TurboSpinningGaming]

Love your videos

[@celesteceleste6670]

marry them then.

[@huzzzer6083]

Another great video! Keep it up Alex!

[@Alexandria197]

I have always loved these Astrum presentations! Please keep them coming.

[@nikitasinha561]

Thnx for explaining it so perfectly! It indeed cleared out the concept.

[@0779risingsun]

When I close my eyes and look to the sun. Every thing is RED.

[@yeastinchampagne440]

That's D E E P

[@akshat1224]

That's because the eye lids are translucent, and not opaque😉😉

[@uteriel282]

our skin lts a surprising amount of light pass through it. youhave the same effect if you press a light source like a flashlight against your fingers and turn it on. fun side effect is that you can see the blood vessels in your fingers that way.

[@coviantlynch6913]

I've never understood this paradox, sure in an infinite universe there would be infinite stars but there would also be infinte space to fill. Surely what matters is the amount and brightness of the stars relative to the amount of space?

[@JustButton]

coviant lynch I had that thought too. Could just be that an infinite universe is so big that not all light can reach earth

[@LuisFelipe-vn7pe]

In a infinite space, time would also be infinite. And given enough time everything that has 0,000...0001% of probability would happen, so, the fact that there would be a star few billions of kilometers away from another would be damn highly likely to happen. That said, imagine infinite time and space, a lot of stars would have infinite time to born right next to the other. Kinda hard to explain but I think I got it

[@TheRedRaven_]

Lol this sounds like a question from the 1600’s being asked in 2020.

[@Panzer_Runner]

Now that is what I call a simplistic thumbnail

[@zurianplays]

I edited this comment, and now the replies don't make sense! :)

[@junglisticlaboratoryunderc1818]

why do non SPIRITUAL beings devoid of love and Any depth of understanding FACTS resort to primitive tools of hate such as racism you being as delicate as you are regardless can be reminded very painfully why love is the key that can shut you the fuck up when deluded into thinking racism is an excuse to complain about your self hate

[@user-fx7lk5dl4j]

Was gonna say the same thing.

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

@@junglisticlaboratoryunderc1818 dude chill, it's a joke

[@wolfiewoo3371]

@@theodiscusgaming3909 Ikr, wtf

[@7peque]

@@junglisticlaboratoryunderc1818 "hate is bad" **Immediately proceeds to insult out of hate**

[@Saukko31]

Greatest thumbnail

[@ianrobinson2689]

If the universe is constantly expanding, what is it expanding into?

[@uteriel282]

the void outside the universe. at least thats a possibility but we will probably never know since we would need to leave the universe first to find out and thats never going to happen.

[@jamestheotherone742]

@@uteriel282 Not how it works. The way the Universe is structured you can never get to its "edge" because to do that you would either need more time than the Universe will exist or would go back in time, which is irrational. The Universe isn't expanding into anything, it is just getting "bigger" as in everything is moving away from everything else.

[@nestorkorn7395]

Thanks for this excelent answer, I didn't know it. Great channel!

[@KnighteMinistriez]

Nice answer. I liked this video. Great video, keep up the good work.

[@GarrusN7]

I actually did wonder about this. Great easy to understand explanation.

[@Xune2000]

I've never understood the argument that in an infinite universe there would be infinite stars, resulting in light being everywhere. Why is it not possible for the universe to be infinite, but the matter that makes up stars, planets etc. to be finite?

[@Telias84]

because than the matter would be spread so thin, that it would basicly not there at all. No matter how high you set the amount of matter , it is still nothing compared to an infinite universe.

[@firstnamelastname9918]

How much mater per cubic meter will you have? If you divide a finite value by infinity, you always get zero. Both must be either finite or infinite.

[@Heavensrun]

Good question. First, Olber's paradox deals with an infinite HOMOGENOUS universe. There is an underlying assumption that we are not in a special place in the universe, because locally we don't seem to be. If you discard the assumption that the universe is homogenous, other problems crop up. For example, If you have finite matter in an infinite void, it would tend to diffuse over time, so an infinitely old universe with finite matter and infinite size would be effectively empty.

[@rascallyrabbit717]

@@Heavensrun this explanation means you are smarter than most

[@DarksiderDarmoset]

@@Heavensrun The universe is basically empty, to be fair. Planets are far more rare than empty space.

[@chanel-5397]

Wow,such an amazing and awesome video Alex,your vast knowledge of astronomy never ceases to amaze me,keep up the great work 😊

[@Cherb123456]

Thank you very much! I need multiple lessons on this to really grasp the magnitude & concept. Be well!

[@rayvanwayenburg998]

Astrum: Why is space black? Astrum: it’s not, it’s blue.

[@wadilsono]

It's blue on Earth. On Mars it would be red. And outside the atmosphere, it would be black. On Venus, you would be burned, you would see nothing. ;-P

[@Legends-so3cv]

@@wadilsono 😂😂damm true

[@TheSnoozeFox]

Can you do “why am I black” next, Ive been black for 27 years and I’m still confused thanks

[@gargoyled_drake]

So many being "scientific" about this paradox and leaving me shaking my head because none of them are mentioning our own eyes and how we recieve information about light and darkness. This is the best video to me because it has US in focus as well. WE are the reason WE see darkness or don't see the light.

[@zip4407]

dude no way, I was just thinking about this today and then I get recommended this video

[@Someonehahaha]

Short answer: Space is really huge, Stars are absurdly far apart.

[@brolydictcumberbatchmontou401]

Lol stars. So absurd, to the point of being incredulous. Over self distance much? They totally went waaay overboard with it.

[@projectswipe8804]

Solution: teach cats English and then make them look up at night sky so that they can tell us the secrets of the universe.

[@johnnymitz]

Best answer ever.

[@hansjorgkunde3772]

They already know everything about the universe, but they won't tell you even if they could speak english ....

[@hansjorgkunde3772]

@@wayneharrison I'd say source of comfort and feeding, but yes. That's how cats are.

[@NutJobII]

Thank you as I was not even sure what I was expecting to hear! Very informative! Last time I read a Stephen Hawking book (a VERY dumbed down guide to our universe) I nearly went cross-eyed with just thinking how that light traveling from stars that are burnt out so to speak are still being perceived as seen by us due to the amount of distance/time it takes to reach us. Oh wait there goes my eyes

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Impressive explanation of such a complex topic!

[@gaberealm]

There can actually still be infinity because of how common light sources are in space relative to space, it’s actually not too common, and light sources die out, it takes insanely long amounts of time to reach certain areas, and sometimes may not even reach. Also the light right now most likely won’t get any brighter because it is the universal average distribution over billions of years. You guys have to take it to account the speed of light compared to the universe’s vastness as well as how common stars are relative to space and how bright everything is. The frequency/distribution of stars can be calculated by the amount on a certain super cluster including the gaps in between each super cluster... Anyways what I’m saying is that this video may not have it right, but it is logical, you just can’t underestimate how big the universe is compared to how small stars are and how slow their light is.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

PERSON 1: I can't see, everything's black! PERSON 2: Open your eyes!

[@danielmasekela7091]

We don’t see bcoZ we have eyes, we see because of light.

[@helsiclife]

This was amazing! As always you explain everything so well! I love your chabnel so much!

[@punkntded]

This is my new favorite channel of all time (and space)

[@LuqmanMal]

can you make a video about "sunspot"

[@paleostories_7839]

Why is it not white?

[@legquartertv8023]

That is the true question .........maybe it not pure of heart 😂😂

[@arthaus8548]

​@Nogger Fogger logger 69 cringe

[@louf7178]

@Nogger Fogger logger 69 You completely changed your reply.

[@Jameson1776]

Lou Fazio what was it originally I’m curious now?

[@louf7178]

@@Jameson1776 "It can be black if it wants to..."

[@dur8805]

thank you for your carefully explained, interesting videos with lots of plausible information.

[@ddpastries8365]

The thumbnail is pure hardwork.

[@jiminibops]

See, mass does travel faster than the speed of light.

[@rascallyrabbit717]

no no Matter can not no no no

[@junglisticlaboratoryunderc1818]

thought is not mass

[@jamestheotherone742]

Spacetime's compounding expansion exceeds the SoL at a certain distance (from here ~13.8 B light years). The matter of the universe is just carried along with it.

[@TheBestOfSweden]

”Dark is only the abscence of light” -Albert Einstein

[@playgirl7305]

Or light the absence of darkness, maybe. Who knows.

[@makerbotplanet]

I think this is one of my favourite videos of all time

[@lain11644]

This is the most soothing educational ever.

[@hrtbrk1]

Do you think there's a civilization out there on a galaxy that's at the edge where one side of the sky is normal and the other is totally empty because they are the "furthest thing" out there? 🤔

[@RonDe675]

We're not far off from that ourselves; We're fairly close to the edge of the milky way and if we were on the edge all that would be in half of our sky would be other galaxies

[@brolydictcumberbatchmontou401]

Yeah. Like in Pitch Black. That's where. They got a vinny too?

[@jingles123456789ify]

The paradox doesn't make any sense. You'd have to assume every light in the universe is visible from every point. That is definitely not true

[@lucasqwert1]

And what about the redshift of distant stars?

[@uegvdczuVF]

Yes. Plus, applying inverse square law means that light reaching you from a stars that are infinitely far is zero. I'm confused.

[@vomm]

@@uegvdczuVF Not zero, .. almost zero. And almost zero in an infinite scale means infinite.

[@FunZies.]

Yes, I am confused and just need some clarification: Now I'm a complete casual, but I find this... a little arrogant (from an earthling perspective). Is Earth a hot-spot to catch every single light source in the universe at any given time in its orbit and rotation? Or is the implication that the night skies of every planet in the universe wouldn't have black space (as seen through cameras)? Is there really nothing out there that slows or absorbs light, or in this context, does this not matter? So are we certain that there are even enough stars out there to pull this off? If the universe is infinite, it must be filled to the max with... stars? And our technology would definitely pick up all this infinite light? Or again, is this irrelevant? I'm sorry, this casual just needs some help. :)

[@lucasqwert1]

@@FunZies. in the real world the universe is finite but expanding. There is a part of the universe that we can detect (=observable universe) and there is the non detectable (=not visible with any current instrument) part universe. As a galaxy or a star (lightsource) moves farther and farther away. The emitted light is being, as it moves though empty space, stretched into the infrared spektrum. (=called Redshift) (How? I don't know feel free to answer). If the lightsource is redshifted enough, we can't detect it and the section will appear dark and empty. This lightsource is outside the observable universe. Hope this clears things up a bit. :)

[@heythatsprettygood1655]

I never really thought about this question but thanks for answering

[@badhombre4683]

Astrum, when will you start podcasting on Spotify? My life can surely use a weekly podcast from you.

[@vomm]

How is it a proof the universe is not infinite when the light of distant stars cannot reach us due to the expansion of the universe?

[@hansjorgkunde3772]

Good point imho :) I think its based on the idea to take the red shift of the farthest stars and calculate it back to a single point in time. So you get an age of the Universe out of that. The roughly 13 billion years. However we can see a 45 billion light year bubble from the universe which is no contradiction as in could be explained with a expanding universe. But frankly even if they can see that, there exist probably far more. So the 'size' of the universe is imo unclear until they throw the next 'theory' about everything. I'd say the answer is 42.

[@djfunkychicken]

It is black because it is absent of light *The colour white is created when EVERY colour is mixed together*

[@AvoxPaine]

djfunkychicken White is *not* created by mixing all colors together.

[@kennysar]

@@AvoxPaine It kinda is. By mixing together red, green and blue..

[@rabokarabekian409]

@@kennysar Remind me not to eat your cooking.

[@inmyworldkindagirl]

@@AvoxPaine When you mix all colors of light you get white. When you mix all colors of paint you get black

[@hansjorgkunde3772]

@@inmyworldkindagirl completely correct, you can see that very easy if you use a prism on white light, the rainbow colors prove it.

[@JanineMarshall61390]

Brilliant thank you

[@alaksandr5569]

Hey Alex, your videos are amazing! Thank you...

[@Goomatora]

Space is dark because space is rapidly expanding and the farther away a light source is the darker it looks

[@JEMA333]

thanks

[@emperorpalpatine4681]

I think the correct term is ‘African American’, sir.

[@remopoldmann5402]

"Why is space African American?"

[@xWHITExEAGLEx]

@@remopoldmann5402 Why not just Ethiopian?

[@cykablyat6348]

@@xWHITExEAGLEx they arent rioting so they arent black

[@Rafaga777]

Thanks for the video/explanation. Very well narrated in combination with beautiful graphics. Much appreciated...

[@ShaolinMonkster]

wait if space is infinite, and also expanding, then the sky can be black, because the light from stars away from the radius of the observable universe would never come to our eyes. So space might be infinite. But what we can see is finite. Therefore no blazing sky. pls explain why you said that space is finite

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

He was speaking hypothetically

[@jamestheotherone742]

@@anthonyhutchins2300 No, he was explaining the current cosmological theory of why our universe looks the way it does.

[@zyxwfish]

It’s just weird the universe is finite.

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

No it's not...

[@anthonyhutchins2300]

He was speaking hypothetically

[@SernasHeptaDimesionalSpace]

All is liight and all that goes up must to come down as a universal law.

[@zyxwfish]

I’m a weirdo that doesn’t believe in an actual objective universe just the perception of one since something coming from nothing makes no sense.

[@SernasHeptaDimesionalSpace]

@@zyxwfish Lets say then that the matter, space and time are there for as to take advanteges of them.

[@1JackTorS]

Space is not black. It is African-American.

[@lammie001]

I looove the background tune! Can i find it somewhere? Its so relaxing. Love your channel btw! 👏👋 from Holland

[@Janilabo]

Stellardrone - Billions And Billions (You can search with that here from youtube)

[@jasonspringer2983]

Wait a second. Why would an infinite universe have stars closer together? Seems like if anything they'd have much more breathing room

[@moomoomoo33ass]

I find this video racist against the white dwarf stars 🤣

[@legquartertv8023]

Omg I had the same thought LMAO😂😂 I thought I was the only one

[@celesteceleste6670]

they like to be called little people not dwarfs.

[@moomoomoo33ass]

Celeste Celeste ahhh! Point taken 😉

[@celesteceleste6670]

@@moomoomoo33ass :D

[@celesteceleste6670]

keep racism out of space please.

[@TheDeadMeme27]

xD

[@0779risingsun]

So if you are empty that mean you are black. And if you have some kind of light. You can be any color.

[@jamestheotherone742]

Yeah... welcome to the Internet. :(

[@Trancer006]

Love space vids with ambient music in the background

[@noway961]

I have not heard of Olbers Paradox, but wondered about the blinding light effect should one be able to see far enough, despite red shifting, this helps answer my speculation........with music. Thanks.

[@cyliemyrus]

Scientist: "Nothing moves faster than the speed of light." Also scientist: "Galaxies outside our observable universe are moving faster than the speed of light."

[@Grummsh00]

It is actually space that is expanding faster than light from our distant perspective.

[@helldronez]

ikr, thus earth also moves faster than light too right? cause earth on milkyway galaxy

[@jamestheotherone742]

@@helldronez If you were ~13.8 B light years away, Earth would appear to be going faster than,... and then its gone.

[@joejute287]

Claim your "Corona hasn't got me yet" card with a like.

[@DanielZajic]

Fantastic! So simple, but so magical.

[@harbl2479]

That thumbnail is something else!

[@WeedShaggy]

Why is space black. Ummm excuse me, the correct term is pEoPlE oF cOlOr :v

[@celesteceleste6670]

lel

[@legquartertv8023]

Stop it right now you on punishment

[@Ivbo]

We just haven’t asked the right questions yet, I don’t even know if our language allows for a question complex enough to unlock the secrets of the universe...

[@arealmench]

Space is black because space has soul and black is beautiful.

[@jamestheotherone742]

I'll go with that.

[@martyzeenyc1210]

this channel is GRAAAANNND

[@g0lanu]

it seemed like such a sily question at first and was thinking that it might have something to do with how our visual system perceives things visually. can't believe it that this might have implications on important astronomical matters... mindblown.

[@Particulator]

Thanks for one more great video. It's a welcomed respite from the constant Covid reports.

[@captainikababa1575]

My mind has just been blown, thank you

[@chrisgwynne1586]

The sky is ablaze with e/m radiation known as the cosmic background radiation. Olbers paradox can be understood when energy density is taken into account, so the CMB could actually be the residue starlight of an infinite universe. Hopefully the JWST will help to deepen our understanding of the cosmos.

[@Litepaw]

Would it be possible that somewhere very far away a galaxy emitted a huuuuuge and concentrated laser-like gamma ray burst, and it became redshifted to visible light or infrared? It would be a cool concept to see a flash of light or feel a small warmth from what once was a hugely destructive and deadly gamma ray burst

[@leuqim]

Great work, keep it up!

[@paulgorbow3174]

I'd like to add that the cosmic background radiation fills the sky. If we were able to see those wavelengths, I guess it might be quite colourful. I recall hearing that if it weren't red-shifted, space would be orange...

[@SernasHeptaDimesionalSpace]

CMB is broken, cold discharged light so it wont shine at all.

[@redmed10]

Good explanation. Have seen other explanations with much the same information but this one made more sense to me. First one to mention eyes and how they work as well.