SMRTR Science & EngineeringJul 12, 2026Hacker News

The Gravitational Olbers' Paradox and the Entropic Accelerating Universe

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A new theoretical framework reframes the universe's accelerating expansion as the solution to a gravitational version of Olbers' Paradox. Since gravity travels at light speed, a boundary exists beyond which matter exerts no pull, and the second law of thermodynamics naturally drives expansion outward — eliminating the need for dark energy or a cosmological constant.

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