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What is the amount of starlight received on earth?

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The amount of starlight that hits the Earth is "very little".Why doesn't the infinitesimal amount of light from each of trillions of stars add up to a lot of light? This is the crux of Olbers' Paradox. Thanks for using ChaCha!

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