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High School Mastering Optical Depth: Simplifying the Concept for Beginners
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High School Can Dark Matter and Black Holes be Associated in Earth's Rotation?
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High School Is Dark Matter a solid, gas or liquid?
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High School Understanding Life Support Systems
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High School Stargazing 101: Adjusting for Hemisphere
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High School Question about infinite space and time
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High School What Are the Best References for Exoplanet Data and Information?
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High School Questions About Space: Is Travel Circular? Can You Reach Big Bang Light?
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High School Typical stellar distances of visible stars in the Milky Way
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High School Questions about Zhumell 3x Barlow for 12" Dobsonian Telescope
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High School Could I Have Seen the Horsehead?
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High School Did supernovae have anything to do with the solar creation?
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High School What would make a star flash red and blue?
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High School What Did We Find on Titan?
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High School Will the Universe Really End Up Filled with Black Holes?
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High School Q&A on Orbits: Throwing Balls in Space
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High School Annoying nitpicking: has the geocentric view of the solar system been refuted?
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High School How do we know the size of these suns?
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High School How to calculate the momentum of Pluto?
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High School Gregorian calendar off by 26 seconds a year
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High School Math and Distance: How Far is Pluto from Earth?
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High School What Is Tidal Locking and Could It Affect Earth's Axis?
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High School Can a star drift through intergalactic space?
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High School Distance from low earth orbit to Europa?
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High School Do the planets revolve on a 2d plane?
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High School Where to Find Information on Algol's Brightness Variation?
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High School How to Set Up an Online Observatory?
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High School What Happens to Earth if Sun Becomes a Black Hole?
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High School What is space, vaccuum, or nonexistence?
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High School A question about the Satturn rings.
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High School High school sophomore interested in Astrophysics
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High School Is the sky map for Comet Holmes accurate?
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High School What Are Population I and Population II Stars?
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High School Ancient calculations and observations
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High School Siberian Impact Crater Found: 1908 Russian Space Blast
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High School Is There Life on the Moon? The Possibility of Lunar Ice and Its Implications
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High School Son's: Seeing Objects from Earth
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High School How can I write a 5 page paper on the origin of the solar system?
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High School Beginners Questions about Astronomy
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High School Can Carbon Nanotubes Make Space Elevators a Reality?
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High School Get Astronomy Homework Help for Confusing Problems - Due Tomorrow Morning!
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High School Agol, Interesting objects in Perseus.
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High School Space Temperature: Is There a Temperature in Space?
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High School Why Does the Aurora Only Occur in the North Pole?
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High School Is the Milky Way Really a Spiral Galaxy?
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High School Can Dark Matter and Dark Energy Be Used to Explain Superhero Powers?
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High School Matter & Space: Interaction & Occupancy
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High School Is the Universe Actually Spiky Instead of Smooth?
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High School Does a Black hole emit anything?
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High School Why do planets revolve in elliptical orbits?
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High School What Pulls the Sun? Understanding Gravitational Pull and Mass Effect
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High School Does a planets orbit ever go chaotic?
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High School Planets and Stars: Will Our Sun Orbit Bodies With Greater Gravity?
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High School Asteroid Database: Find Objects with RA, Dec & Julian Date
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High School Edwin Hubble's Redshift and the Hubble Space Telescope
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High School Electron, Atom, Planet, Star: Do All Galaxies Orbit a Single Mass?
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High School Global warming and solar actvities
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High School Can black holes and alien invasions explain the Tunguska event?
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High School Discovering the Sun's New Twin: HD 101364
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High School Gravity in Space: Why is Zero Gravity?
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High School Measure of elevation of Antares at 30minute intervals
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High School Is There Life on Mars and How Does Water Play a Role?
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High School Distance from Sun to outside galaxy?
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High School How Do You Prevent Telescope Lenses from Fogging Up in Humid Climates?
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High School Traveling at c, how long to the edge of the solar system from earth?
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High School Discover the Maximum Wavelength of M101 Visible to the Naked Eye
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High School Can You Hunt for Comets? Understanding the Art of Comet Hunting
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High School Request: comet projectory calculating tool
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High School Suggested Book Recommendations for High School Physics Project
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High School Astronomy: Get Started with a Telescope Under £250
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High School Why does planets hav eliptical orbits
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High School Planet & Moon Rotation: Questions Answered for 5th Grade Student
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High School Toys in Space: Designing for Astronauts
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High School Say Hi to Space in 24 Hours: Hover in a Helicopter
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High School Will Mars Really Look as Big as the Moon on August 27, 2007?
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High School The Fascinating Truth About the Moon's Monthly Orbit Around the Earth
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High School Examining the Accuracy of "Moon's Orbit Around Earth"
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High School What is the Astonishing Tail of Star Mira Discovered by NASA?
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High School Is the Sun an Ordinary or Atypical Star?
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High School How Stars are Formed - Astronomy Basics
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High School UFO-Inspired Future Spacecraft: Faster Than Mach 4?
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High School What can I see with my Sky Watcher telescope?
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High School Taking Pictures From Outer Space: Color or B&W?
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High School Why the Moon Doesn't Fall on the Earth
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High School Full Moon Height: When is It Highest?
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High School Liftoff for Ceres and Vesta (July 2007)
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High School Mirror Grinding Kits: Wave Aspect Explained
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High School Video Recommendations for Black Holes & other space-related phenomena
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High School Uncovering the Mystery of Dark Matter: A Beginner's Guide
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High School Does the Name of Mars Reflect its Ancient Oceans?
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High School Which exoplanet was the first comfirmed discovery?
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High School Seeing the Galilean Moons with Celestron 7x50 Binoculars
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High School What colors represent different stages of a star's life cycle?
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High School What Can I See with My Telescope in Boston?
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High School Could Dead Stars Lead to Abandoned Solar Systems?
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High School Gravitational Lensing: Learn More about Einstein Rings
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High School Maximum number of orbiting planets
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High School Signal Transmission from Mars to Earth
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High School Universe Expansion: How Fast Is It?
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