Given some collection
{Uα} of
open sets, consider their union
α⋃Uα
If
U is empty or contains only
∅, then the union is empty and thus open.
Otherwise, take
U∈U such that
U=∅. Then
U⊆α⋃Uα
We know
U is open and nonempty, so it’s
cofinite. Supersets of
cofinite sets are
cofinite, so
⋃αUα is
cofinite and so open.