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Newton Reached the Conclusion That the Universe Must Consist of an Infinite

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Newton reached the conclusion that the universe must consist of an infinite expanse of stars because:


A) he was unable to detect the movement of stars around a common center, which his theory required for stability against collapse in a finite universe.
B) he reasoned that a finite number of stars would eventually fall together under their mutual gravity.
C) of his religious conviction that the creator would create nothing less than an infinite universe.
D) he and his colleagues had observed the uniform distribution of stars all over the sky.

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