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High School What is the term for light from the dark part of the moon facing earth
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High School Size of the Universe Speech Help
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High School How Can a Beginner Start Learning Astrophysics and What Math is Required?
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High School Origin of Radio Waves: An Explanation
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High School Why is a Comet More Dangerous Than an Asteroid?
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High School Debating Jupiter's Planet Status: Is It Just a Giant Bubble of Gas?
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High School Hexagon on Saturn: NASA Investigates
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High School Comet Decay: Understanding the Forces Impacting It
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High School The Universe's Scale: Galaxies, Stars, and Beyond
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High School Does blackhole have strong magnetic field?
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High School What is at the center of the universe?
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High School Why the sun/moon looks bigger at the sunset/rise?
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High School Expanding into Astrophotography: Seeking Recommendations for a £300 Telescope
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High School Quick (Most likely simple) Question
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High School Where Do We Look When We See the Milky Way from Earth?
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High School Bertrand Russell's Paradox: Certainty or Doubt?
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High School How do astronomers calculate the distance to an object using trigonometry?
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High School Anyone own a Celestron 11'' schmidt cassegrain?
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High School End of the Universe: Light is the Final Frontier
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High School Can Aliens See Events from the Past?
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High School Questions out of curiosity… Enlighten me please
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High School Could the Moon's Shape Explain Why We Only See One Side?
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High School How is a Comet Defined?
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High School Formation of the Moon: A Vibrating History
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High School No big planets close to the Sun?
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High School Is the Apophis Asteroid a Serious Threat and What is NASA Doing About It?
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High School Really Simple Circumference Question
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High School Galaxy Collision: Will Milky Way & Andromeda Pass or Collide?
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High School Round trip to earth in a straight line?
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High School Sun's Polar Shift on 2012 coincidence?
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High School Star Density Should be a piece of cake
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High School Birght comets like Comet McNaught
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High School How Long Does It Take To Orbit Our Galaxy
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High School Discover Earth's Orbital Velocities at Perihelion and Aphelion
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High School Why Does a Planet Rotate and What Factors Influence Its Angle of Rotation?
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High School What's the farthest distance a star visible to the naked eye can still be seen?
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High School Mystery of the Bright Green Meteor: Is it Common?
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High School What is Gravity? Understanding Its Role in Universe Formation
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High School The Sun Exploding: Effects on Earth
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High School Season Indicators: Know When Seasons Start & End
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High School How Can I Identify Constellations in the Night Sky?
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High School What Are Tidal Forces and How Do They Affect Different Bodies?
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High School Coordinate conversion calculator
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High School .Is Water on Mars? Colonization: Frozen or Sent Men?
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High School Just a little question on orbits.
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High School Understanding Kepler's Laws and Parallax in Astronomy
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High School Far Side of Sun: Can Satellites View Opposite Side?
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High School Converting parsecs to Mega-parsecs
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High School Align Earth, Sun & Milky Way: Date Revealed
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High School No storm on Earth lasts like the one on Jupiter
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High School A question related to solar system
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High School What Can You See in the Night Sky with the Current Comet?
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High School The sun's gravitational pull on the earth
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High School Varibles/Eclipsing Binary systems
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High School Does a Geo-Synchronous Satellite Catch a Shadow?
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High School What Is Galactic Motion and How Is It Explained?
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High School Conveyor Belt on Sun: What is it & How Does it Link to Solar Storms?
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High School Finding Cruithne's Orbit & Return to Earth's Orbit
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High School Earth's Celestial Poles: North and South
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High School Astronomy in West LA: Can You Observe with a Telescope?
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High School Pole Star Help: What Was the Pole Star 9-10,000 BC?
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High School What Defines a Planet?
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High School Do All Planets Have Moons and How Did They Form?
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High School Is Space Just a Magnified Illusion of a Fluid Universe?
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High School Why Is Pluto No Longer Considered a Planet?
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High School Earth, Sun & Galaxies: Physics of Movement
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High School Mars Closest Encounter With Earth
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High School Stars Burning in Space: Unanswered Questions
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High School Measuring in Space: How Sensors Work in the Cosmos
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High School Only earth orbits in a circular motion?
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High School What Truly Defines a Vacuum?
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High School What is the red circle near the moon phenomenon?
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High School Galaxy Splitting: Has it Ever Occurred?
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High School Are Stars Really Formed by Black Holes?
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High School Imagine to be Pluto's surface, climate and atmosphere?
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High School South Delta Aquarid or Perseids?
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High School What is the density of the Sun's surface?
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High School How do these triangular toothpick ion engines lift off the ground?
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High School What Would Happen if We Tried to Pull the Moon Closer to Earth?
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High School Reversal of Venus: Mystery of the Solar System
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High School What Did Ancient Civilizations Discover About the Universe Before 3000 BC?
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High School Discovering the Mass of Earth: How Did Scientists First Calculate It?
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High School Did the Black Hole in Superman Returns Resemble a Type Ia Supernova?
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High School Number of Kuiper Belt Objects Discovered - Find the Answer Here
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High School Could Life Be Evolving in Galaxies 1.5 Million Light Years Away?
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High School Solar and Lunar exposure tables information
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High School Where Can I Find a List of Stars in Gould's Belt?
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High School Terraforming Mars: Strange Ideas and Possibilities
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High School Does the Moon's Orbit Stay the Same?
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High School Realistic Meteor Impact Modelling: Is This YouTube Video Accurate?
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High School Extra-Galactic Stars: Are There Any?
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High School Why Won't Earth Fall into the Sun?
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High School Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot a gas giant phenomenon or a solid core mystery?
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High School Is there white hole in the universe?
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High School Why do Neutron Stars have a Magnetic Field?
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High School Stoping the desturaction of the sun?
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High School My First Telescope Observation: Jupiter & 4 Moons
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High School Is Alpha Centauri, the closes star to the solar system?
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High School Earth's Rotation: Day & Year Cycles
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High School Regular Flights to and from Moon: Would You See It?
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