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High School Why does the moon appear to rock back and forth in the sky?
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High School Are galaxies part of constellations?
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High School Why doesn't the Moon get pulled into the Earth?
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High School How Much Should You Spend on a Moon Filter?
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High School What are the name and function of this apparatus
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High School What do you call rocks that don't orbit the sun?
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High School What are the biggest misconceptions about black holes?
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High School "Without Earth's atmosphere, cosmic rays would be lethal"
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High School Calculating Orbital Velocity in 2D
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High School Kepler Telescope Running in Safe Mode
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High School Did Stars Precede Life in the Universe?
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High School Gravitational Collapse: Internal Energy & Potential Energy
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High School Potential Organism Sustaining Planets
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High School How to contain an atmosphere in space?
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High School Does a magnetic field accompany Jupiter's Great Red Spot?
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High School How Can I Improve Pointing and Eyepiece Quality on My Dobsonian Telescope?
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High School How much of the visible universe have we explored?
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High School Is the Big Bang a Result of a Spontaneous Singularity?
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High School What is the source of the mysterious red rectangle in space?
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High School Universe Expansion: Is Earth Spinning Away From Sun?
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High School Fermi Paradox: What are your opinions on the Fermi Paradox?
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High School I've done it the wrong way roundn
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High School Is Earth's Movement Away from the Sun Impacting Global Warming?
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High School How important is gravitational red/blueshift for stars?
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High School The Fate of Gaseous Planets: Can They Stay Stable Forever?
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High School What would happen if the Sun collided with a similar star?
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High School The way the moon 'behaves', coincidence or 'something more'?
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High School North & South Star: Polaris & Sirius
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High School How does dark matter affect planetary motion?
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High School How Small Was the Big Bang Singularity When It First Exploded?
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High School Why the Earth orbits around the Sun
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High School Lowest/Highest mass of a star, star system
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High School Unraveling the Mystery of Dark Matter: Is it a Different Type of Gravity?
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High School Questions about the lifespan of the Earth
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High School How to calculate the distance between a Star and Zenith
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High School Can Living in Space Lead to Immortality Through Technology?
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High School Does antimatter have positive or negative mass?
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High School Can Cosmic Strings Align Black Holes?
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High School Can we see individual stars in the Andromeda Galaxy?
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High School How Does Stellar Parallax Measure Distance?
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High School Initial Impetus Needed for Curved SpaceTime?
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High School The Falcon Landing: How Did They Do It?
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High School What Are the Implications of Space Being the Ideal Medium for Light?
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High School Is Extra Terrestrial Life Possible in This Universe?
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High School Binary/Ternary Systems: Could Stars Orbit a Non-Stellar Central Object?
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High School What can I expect to see with a 6inch mirror?
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High School Binary Stars Observable with Binoculars: Periodicity
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High School Can Space-Time Rip? What Causes Tears & Healing?
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High School Day-related calculations for BC dates
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High School Gas Giants & Stars: Do They Have a Solid Part?
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High School Tidally Locked Planets: How Close to the Star?
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High School What Is the Lifespan of a Neutron Star?
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High School How Much Do Astronauts Age at Light Speed on a 50-Light-Year Journey?
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High School Why Does Free Space Permittivity Have Its Specific Value?
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High School Is the Earth the centre of the universe?
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High School What would be the minimum size for a galaxy to have a disk form?
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High School Planet/Dwarf Planet Classification - Regarding Rogue Bodies
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High School Discover the Phenomenon of One New Star Every Hour: Science Daily"
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High School Why is the CMB relatively uniform?
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High School How was the KSN 2011d Supernova Detected?
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High School Effect of Density and Geometry on Gravity and Luminosity
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High School How come black holes have a mass?
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High School Why isn't water on the ISS dangerous?
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High School Why Does LIGO Only Detect the Famous 'Chirp' Pulse from Black Hole Mergers?
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High School Pulsars and Neutron Stars debunked?
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High School How does the cosmic background radiation help us measure expansion in cosmology?
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High School Gravity at the Core of the Sun: How Strong is it?
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High School How is the characteristic age of pulsars typically calculated?
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High School Is the Expansion Rate Truly Accelerating?
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High School Orbit Likelihood: The Odds of Objects Falling into Stable Orbits Explained
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High School Why not the sun revolves around the Earth?
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High School How Will Scott Kelly's Space Radiation Exposure Affect His Health?
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High School How Was the Binary Black Hole Collision Predicted?
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High School How far outward can we rule out intelligent life?
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High School Are Lunar Phases Affected by Earth's Orbit and Rotation?
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High School Black Holes and Degenerate Pressure
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High School Trying to understand the Andromeda-Milky Way collision
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High School If the Earth stopped spinning? (orbiting the Sun)
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High School Does a Star's Fuel Running Out Lead to a Black Hole or Stellar Plasma?
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High School What do you see at the edge of the universe?
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High School Black Holes and Hawking radiation
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High School Intergalactic Stars: Are There Single Stars Between Galaxies?
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High School How Far Back Can We See with Better Optics?
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High School Can an object have too little mass to have a stable orbit?
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High School What Is Our Current Understanding of the Fabric of Space?
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High School LIGO discovery on gravitational waves.
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High School Was a New Supernova Discovered in the Galaxy Centaurus A?
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High School Stars we see are actually their past?
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High School What color is the sky from space for an astronaut?
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High School Can You Help Discover New Planets with Kepler Data on Planet Hunters?
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High School "Gravitational Compression in Neutron Stars"
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High School How Do Orbits Work?
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High School Zig Zag Star Movement in Singapore 2011
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High School Can you tell the Physical Properties of a Messier Object?
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High School Can a Black hole also be a wormhole?
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High School Rapid Formation of the Moon: Insights from Theia Impact
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High School Light & Blackhole: Can Light Escape?
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High School What would happen if two stars collided?
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High School Space X falcon 9. Why return to the launch site?
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High School Into what is our universe expanding ?
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