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High School Moon's Orbit: Moving Closer or Farther From Earth?
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High School Why doesn't the asteroid belt block our view of the jovial planets?
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High School Is the Sun Dying? | Facts & Speculation
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High School The most distant object that can still orbit the Earth.
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High School Confusion over gravity and tides
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High School Planetary Alignment: Will It Affect Us?
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High School Stars in the Western sky in early evening
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High School Why Do Planets Travel in Elliptical Orbits Around the Sun?
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High School How Can You Identify Meteorites?
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High School A star for every grain of sand.
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High School Can a Lost Space Toolbag be Filmed from Earth?
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High School Can anyone here please tell me about the sun dying?
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High School Can Humans Survive in a Spacecraft to the Moon?
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High School Why at the south hemisphere the sun rises from the west?
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High School Relative Intensity in Spectra: What Does It Mean?
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High School What Is the Composition of Black Holes?
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High School How Has the Universe Expanded Over 13.7 Billion Years?
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High School Find Longitude of Sun - Learn How Now
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High School Spider free mount for secondary mirror
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High School Hurricane size whirlpool on the Sun
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High School Earth's Orbit & Tilt in N. America: Winter Closest, Summer Farthest
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High School Why Do We See the Same Stars All Year?
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High School Where Can a 9th Grader Find Advanced Astronomy Resources?
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High School Prove that the earth goes around the sun
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High School Are G-forces smaller when traveling in space?
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High School Why Do Stars Appear to Move Away From Us?
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High School Why the earth is rotating along its axis?
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High School Understanding Mass, Energy & Space: How Much Energy Does it Take to Move 1 Ton?
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High School Building a Telescope with 6" Mirror & Focal Ratio of 3.3 - $50
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High School Help Calculating Parallax Error - Physics Forums
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High School What Is the Fourth Dimension: Time, Space, or Something Else?
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High School What is the cause of the rotation of the planets
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High School We in the Center: Why Are We at the Universe's Center?
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High School Black Holes & Wormholes - What Happens?
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High School Tides are influenced by the moon
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High School Why cant u go to outer space like an upwards climbing roller coaster?
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High School How does the movement of stars compare to the movement of planets
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High School Best Telescope: Refractor vs Reflector
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High School What Eye Pieces Work Best for Beginners with a Meade DS114 Telescope?
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High School Could a Cosmic Explosion Propel a Space Probe Beyond Our Solar System?
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High School Can the Hubble Telescope Detect Life on Distant Planets?
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High School Scientists Discover Liquid on Saturn's Moon Titan
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High School Scientists find the trigger of the Northern Lights
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High School What Would Happen if the Sun Was Blue?
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High School JPL Website Wrong: Venus & Uranus Rotate Opposite
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High School What Determines Earth's Yearly Cycle?
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High School What is the Current Position of Planets in the Solar System?
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High School Should we Makemake anything about the name?
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High School Why is a space probe spinning around its own axes, when flying through space?
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High School Energy carried by the bulk motion of matter
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High School Why Does Thrust Differ for Objects of Different Mass in Space?
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High School The Mysteries of the Universe: A Parent's Guide
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High School Is the Moon Really Bigger on the Horizon? A Closer Look at the Optical Illusion
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High School Latest Martian Ice News: Scientists Investigate Water Ice on Red Planet
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High School Are All Planets Rotating in the Same Direction, Except Venus and Uranus?
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High School Read in a book that fall in a bh is the sameto go at c
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High School Pluto belongs to a new category : plutoids
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High School Could ever Pluto slam into Neptune?
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High School Why do we experience seasons on Earth?
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High School Unveiling the Mysteries of Dust: Composition, Properties and More
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High School Is Our Solar System Really 2D in Planetary Rotation?
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High School What does it mean the number after the stellar class? Magnitude?
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High School Sun's Mass Loss: How Much Is Lost Annually?
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High School Radio waves are electromagnetic.Right?
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High School How do we know the Sun orbits the Galaxy?
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High School Can We Overcome Mars' Harsh Conditions for Human Habitation?
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High School Are Our Atoms Stardust or Nuclear Waste?
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High School Is There Really No Gravity in Space?
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High School Could light be a media for transport?
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High School Have you heard anything about AstroTech's low-cost Ritchey-Chrétien scopes?
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High School What is the speed of the moon's motion?
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High School Magnetism of Planets: Do Other Have It?
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High School Uses of Asteroids: Incredible Potential for Space Exploration
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High School Why Are All Planets in the Same Plane?
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High School Is the earth the centre of the solar system?
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High School Why do the sun and moon look bigger when rising and setting?
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High School Understanding Spectral Index: A Plain Explanation
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High School How Long Does it Take the Moon to Orbit the Earth?
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High School What Causes Multi-Colored Stars to Twinkle in the Night Sky?
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High School Are Cosmic Rays Just Electromagnetic Rays from Space?
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High School The Earth and its orbit around the sun
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High School Are those shooting stars or satellites in the night sky?
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High School Why Don't We Feel Earth's Movement and How Do Tides Affect Well Water Levels?
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High School Rockets in Space: Need for Engines to Change Direction
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High School Moon without Earth: What if Earth Disappears?
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High School Demonstrating Moon's Lack of Internal Rotation
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High School Finding a Local Star Like Ours: 10-50 LY Radius
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High School Sun's Energy Output: How Much & What Could it Power?
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High School Why do we see the near side of the moon only?
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High School Earth's Closest Approach to the Sun: Does the Date Change?
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High School Newbie question on atsrophotography
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High School A Beginner's Guide to Learning About Black Holes
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High School Moon Preservation: What if a Spaceshuttle or Missile Hit It?
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High School Gravity Anomaly: What Could Be Causing It?
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High School Why does anything with mass have it's own gravitational field?
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High School Stars twinkle, but planets don't?
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High School What is the difference between cosmology and astrophysics
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High School What causes gravity? Is it mass or weight?
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High School Research Help: Get Info on 9 Planets
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High School Ultimate fate of ISS (International Space Station)
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