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High School Why Do Planets Except Mercury Rotate in Same Direction?
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High School Spotting 2005 YU55: Instructions & Speed Info
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High School Can Astronomical Objects Orbit Around Satellites?
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High School Light Pollution & National Dark Sky Week
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High School Why Only One Sun & Moon on Earth?
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High School What distance will a traveler cover if they walk in a southwesterly direction?
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High School What Are the Potential Benefits of a Lunar Base?
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High School Is Velocity Consistent in Planetary Orbits?
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High School Is Dark Matter Just Unseen Water Vapor?
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High School Why doesn't tidal force pull earth and moon together?
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High School Neutron Stars vs Black Holes: What's the Difference?
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High School Explore Manhattanhenge – the Manhattan Solstice
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High School Queen's song '39 - the only pop song about relativity?
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High School Sun Angle: Differences by Season
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High School How do measure and know about the vast scale of the Universe?
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High School Why is the solar system, & galaxies seemingly rotate on a 2-D plane?
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High School Will the red giant sun destroy the Earth?
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High School How Long Does VY Canis Majoris Have Left?
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High School Parallax and Perspective Explained
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High School According to our weather person, Fall starts on 9/23/11, How?
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High School Why Does the Moon's Position in the Sky Change Throughout the Month?
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High School What can gravitational waves teach us about the universe?
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High School Can a Planet Explode Like a Star?
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High School Kepler 16-b: first circumbinary planet?
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High School Why can't Jet planes fly in space?
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High School Preparing for a Career in Astrophysics: Advice for Young Scientists
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High School Observing the new supernova in Ursa Major (M101, pinwheel galaxy)
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High School Is Tyche the Missing Planet in Our Solar System?
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High School Interstellar Sighting: Who Will See It First?
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High School Is 99% of the volume of the universe empty?
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High School Why do stars twinkle and what causes it?
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High School Why Don't We Move Backward When Jumping on a Rotating Earth?
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High School Was the early church right and Gallelio wrong?
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High School Help Identifying Unclear Object Seen Through Telescope
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High School Solving Mystery: Bright Star Disappearing in Vrboska, Croatia
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High School Is there any limit on how far light can travel -in a vaccuum that is.
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High School Calculating the distance of the moon in Newton's day
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High School Are Phantom Planets Counterbalancing Our Solar System?
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High School First orbit of an asteroid this month (around Vesta, with ion drive)
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High School What is the mysterious asteroid that has been tagging along with Earth?
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High School Space Expansion/Time Travel (#IMAN00B)
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High School What Causes the Illusion of Planets Moving Backwards in the Sky?
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High School Some questions about the Universe and its expansion.
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High School How would you steer a spacecraft?
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High School Interested in looking at the night sky
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High School How Does Gravity Influence the Movements of Planets and Moons?
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High School Can the Earth have an asteroid stuck in permanent orbit like our moon?
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High School Landing a Spacecraft: Understanding Gravity in Space
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High School How Do You Locate Saturn and Jupiter with a Medium Powered Telescope?
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High School How would I measure the angle of a certain street from true north?
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High School View Saturn Through a Telescope: A Noob's Guide
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High School View Saturn w/ 1100x120 Reflector: Eye Piece Guide
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High School Spectacular solar eruption 7 june 2011
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High School Does the temperature stay the same above a certain point?
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High School Is it possible to truly escape Earth's gravitational pull?
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High School Where can I find equatorial coordinates of celestial objects?
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High School Position of Sun at noon between the Equator and Tropic of Cancer
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High School If earths rotation stoped, the moon would be released.
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High School What happen to gravity in the center of earth
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High School How Long Does Earth Rotate Around the Earth-Moon Barycentre?
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High School Help a Physics Amateur - See Attachment!
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High School Unraveling the Mystery of the Moon's Non-Spinning Rotation
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High School Lifetime of Earth: Planet vs Sun
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High School Particle Motion 2: Floating, Flying & Moving Freely in Space
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High School French claim first habitable planet found
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High School When did humanity realize that the Sun is just another star?
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High School Has a Star Collision Ever Been Observed in Our Universe?
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High School Do Galaxies Move? Rotation Around Something?
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High School If we have two parallel plane in the space in addition to another two
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High School Planets in Deep Space: Can They Escape Orbit?
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High School Do Stars Flicker Colour & Intensity in the Night Sky?
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High School Float & Fly Freely: Differentiating Space & Earth
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High School Why do comets tails come out of the front and curve around to the back?
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High School Does moving at high speeds actually slow down time?
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High School Help with trying to spot the ISS
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High School Help with Modeling Solar Wobble for Pre-Calc Project
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High School Odds of Finding Alien Life: An Exploration
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High School Explain Kepler's 3rd Law of Planetary Motion
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High School Why planets move ant-clockwise direction
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High School Are Stars Limited to Galaxies or Can They Exist in Intergalactic Space?
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High School What can I do if I study astrophysics?
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High School Physics Projects for Teenagers - Charles's Quest
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High School Easter dating spreadsheet for Excel/OpenOffice
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High School Distance to the Moon: NASA's Measurements and Findings
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High School What are Supernovae and Hypernovae? Any resources or insights?
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High School Uncovering the Truth About Planet X: Debunking Myths from a Renowned Astronomer
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High School The Universal Gravitational Constant G
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High School Is our sun part of a star cluster?
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High School Why Does the Milky Way Appear as a Streak in the Night Sky?
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High School How did moluculair oxygen devoleped on Mercury?
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High School Rainbows in Space: Can We See Light Refraction?
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High School High School Debate topic: Space development and Exploration
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High School Debunking Equinox Myths: Balancing Silver Dollars and Eggs on the Vernal Equinox
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High School Positioning of the artificial satellite
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High School Travel in Space: Electric or Fuel?
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High School EDIT: Guys I just need someone to take me under their wing for a
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High School What would happen if the Earth become completely solid?
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High School Are Private Companies the Key to the Future of Outer Space Exploration?
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High School Movement of spaceships versus spacewalkers
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High School Position of stellar bodies in space.
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