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Join in expert discussion on the topics of Astronomy and astrophysics. This may include discussion on celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. Mainstream science only.

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Undergrad [astrogeology] measuring atmospheric density

Aug 31, 2005 · Replies 2 · Sep 2, 2005

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Undergrad Everything about Big Bang theory

Aug 28, 2005 · Replies 20 · Sep 1, 2005

Replies: 20

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Undergrad A supernova can out light a entire galaxy

Aug 16, 2005 · Replies 5 · Aug 28, 2005

Replies: 5

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Undergrad Help: Application of Optical Fibre In Astronomy?

Aug 27, 2005 · Replies 1 · Aug 28, 2005

Replies: 1

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Undergrad Solar Energy Q: Mass of Sun Decrease/s?

Aug 22, 2005 · Replies 6 · Aug 26, 2005

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

Undergrad Is Mounting a Telescope on the ISS a Viable Option for Atmospheric-Less Viewing?

Aug 26, 2005 · Replies 2 · Aug 26, 2005

Replies: 2

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Undergrad Is there a super-massive black hole in the center of our galaxy?

Aug 16, 2005 · Replies 7 · Aug 25, 2005

Replies: 7

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Undergrad What is the Chandrashekhar Limit and How is it Calculated?

Aug 21, 2005 · Replies 16 · Aug 24, 2005

Replies: 16

Views: 7K

Undergrad How closely could the Moon orbit the Earth

Aug 19, 2005 · Replies 17 · Aug 24, 2005

Replies: 17

Views: 12K

Undergrad Free Graphing Software for Polar Coordinates & Irreducable Functions

Aug 23, 2005 · Replies 6 · Aug 24, 2005

Replies: 6

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Undergrad Law of Two Bodies: Smaller Body Breaks Up

Aug 11, 2005 · Replies 3 · Aug 12, 2005

Replies: 3

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Undergrad How Did the Michelson-Morley Experiment Challenge the Existence of Aether?

Aug 5, 2005 · Replies 1 · Aug 5, 2005

Replies: 1

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Undergrad Would a black hole be able to suck-in another blackhole?

Jul 29, 2005 · Replies 9 · Aug 4, 2005

Replies: 9

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Undergrad How Old Are Third Generation Stars

Aug 1, 2005 · Replies 1 · Aug 2, 2005

Replies: 1

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Undergrad Uneven Cratering of Moon's Surface

Jul 28, 2005 · Replies 2 · Jul 29, 2005

Replies: 2

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Undergrad Cosmology Simulations' softwares

Jul 26, 2005 · Replies 7 · Jul 28, 2005

Replies: 7

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Undergrad Planet discovered in 3-star system

Jul 14, 2005 · Replies 20 · Jul 27, 2005

Replies: 20

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Undergrad Does Space Have Mass to Support Swirling Galaxies?

Jul 17, 2005 · Replies 6 · Jul 18, 2005

Replies: 6

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Undergrad How big can red supergiants get and can they be born at that size?

Jul 11, 2005 · Replies 4 · Jul 11, 2005

Replies: 4

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Undergrad Where do Compton Recoil Electrons come from?

Jul 9, 2005 · Replies 1 · Jul 9, 2005

Replies: 1

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Undergrad Explaining the Bands on the Gas Giants: A Combination of Heat and Rotation

Jul 6, 2005 · Replies 6 · Jul 7, 2005

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

Undergrad Will it be hard to find planets with live plate tectonics?

Jul 5, 2005 · Replies 2 · Jul 7, 2005

Replies: 2

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Undergrad Life Against All Odds: Are We Alone in the Galaxy?

Jul 4, 2005 · Replies 22 · Jul 6, 2005

Replies: 22

Views: 4K

Undergrad How can empty space give off radiation from the Big Bang?

Jul 4, 2005 · Replies 11 · Jul 5, 2005

Replies: 11

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Undergrad Life evolving on a planet revolving a red dwarf?

Jul 3, 2005 · Replies 7 · Jul 3, 2005

Replies: 7

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Undergrad Exoplanets in Habitable Zones: HD28185, HD108874, Gliese 876

Jun 30, 2005 · Replies 5 · Jul 3, 2005

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Undergrad Drake Equation: Estimating Life Supporting Planets & Detecting Life

Jun 27, 2005 · Replies 25 · Jun 29, 2005

Replies: 25

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Undergrad Is DST Causing Confusion in Determining UTC for Historical Events?

Jun 15, 2005 · Replies 8 · Jun 28, 2005

Replies: 8

Views: 2K

Undergrad Wien's law and black body emition

Jun 14, 2005 · Replies 5 · Jun 24, 2005

Replies: 5

Views: 6K

Undergrad Quasars,white dwarf and neutron stars

Jun 11, 2005 · Replies 8 · Jun 20, 2005

Replies: 8

Views: 5K

Undergrad Calculating the age of the universe

Jun 14, 2005 · Replies 2 · Jun 14, 2005

Replies: 2

Views: 12K

Undergrad NBody evaluation, is my model correct?

May 25, 2005 · Replies 12 · Jun 10, 2005

Replies: 12

Views: 3K

Undergrad Blackhole at the center of each galaxy, think again

Jun 7, 2005 · Replies 34 · Jun 10, 2005

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Replies: 34

Views: 8K

Undergrad Could Cosmic Background Radiation Hold Clues About the Big Bang?

Jun 7, 2005 · Replies 3 · Jun 9, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

Undergrad Is Dark Matter the Missing Piece in Our Cosmic Puzzle?

May 26, 2005 · Replies 50 · Jun 2, 2005

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Replies: 50

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Undergrad Are Other Dimension Universes Plausible?

Jun 1, 2005 · Replies 9 · Jun 1, 2005

Replies: 9

Views: 3K

Undergrad Expansion of the Universe, cop this

May 30, 2005 · Replies 13 · Jun 1, 2005

Replies: 13

Views: 4K

Undergrad How Fast Are We Really Moving in the Universe?

May 30, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 30, 2005

Replies: 3

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Undergrad Creation of heavy elements: r and s process

May 25, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 29, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 6K

Undergrad Need Source Code In c For 2-Bodies Gravitational Problem

May 4, 2005 · Replies 6 · May 26, 2005

Replies: 6

Views: 4K

Undergrad Cleaning a reflector mirror without scratching it

May 25, 2005 · Replies 5 · May 25, 2005

Replies: 5

Views: 5K

Undergrad What is the future of USAA in commercial space travel?

May 22, 2005 · Replies 1 · May 23, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 6K

Undergrad Main Sequence Stars: Mass & Beyond

May 13, 2005 · Replies 7 · May 21, 2005

Replies: 7

Views: 7K

Undergrad What are Non-Spherical Structures in Astronomy?

May 12, 2005 · Replies 8 · May 20, 2005

Replies: 8

Views: 3K

Undergrad What is the distance between peaks in this Cassini image?

May 17, 2005 · Replies 7 · May 18, 2005

Replies: 7

Views: 4K

Undergrad Did abhas mitra proved that black holes dont exist

May 16, 2005 · Replies 7 · May 16, 2005

Replies: 7

Views: 6K

Undergrad Form and Features of Asteroids and Neutron Stars

May 7, 2005 · Replies 10 · May 14, 2005

Replies: 10

Views: 4K

Undergrad Calculating solar mass using luminosity

May 12, 2005 · Replies 6 · May 13, 2005

Replies: 6

Views: 22K

Undergrad Light Speed vs Vision: Is Optic Velocity Greater Than 300000km/s?

May 9, 2005 · Replies 3 · May 9, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Undergrad Black Hole Size: Calculating the Actual Size

Apr 26, 2005 · Replies 18 · May 7, 2005

Replies: 18

Views: 4K

Undergrad Did Einstein believe in black holes?

May 6, 2005 · Replies 1 · May 6, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Undergrad What Is the Luminosity Distance Relationship?

May 4, 2005 · Replies 5 · May 4, 2005

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Undergrad Redshift & Blueshift: Is There a Consensus?

Apr 24, 2005 · Replies 5 · May 4, 2005

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

Undergrad Probabilities of earth like orbits, and solar systems like ours?

May 3, 2005 · Replies 5 · May 4, 2005

Replies: 5

Views: 3K

Undergrad Light Bending Around Black Holes: A Real Phenomenon

May 1, 2005 · Replies 1 · May 2, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Undergrad How Would You Navigate After Using a Warp Drive?

Apr 19, 2005 · Replies 42 · Apr 26, 2005

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Replies: 42

Views: 8K

Undergrad Astronomers Unveil Star Size Limit: What Does it Mean for Cores?

Apr 17, 2005 · Replies 6 · Apr 17, 2005

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

Undergrad How can the expansion of space cause light to loose energy?

Apr 12, 2005 · Replies 42 · Apr 17, 2005

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Replies: 42

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Undergrad Effects of spontaneous gravity reduction

Apr 15, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 17, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

Undergrad Not wanting to belive the acceleration universe model

Apr 12, 2005 · Replies 30 · Apr 15, 2005

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Replies: 30

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Undergrad Is it possible for a Rocky Giant with rings around it?

Apr 8, 2005 · Replies 5 · Apr 14, 2005

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Undergrad Science’s doomsday team vs. the asteroids

Apr 10, 2005 · Replies 43 · Apr 14, 2005

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Replies: 43

Views: 8K

Undergrad Calculating Size of Asteroid to Wipe Out Life on Earth

Mar 19, 2005 · Replies 30 · Apr 11, 2005

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Replies: 30

Views: 11K

Undergrad How Many Supernovas Have Occurred Since the Big Bang?

Apr 10, 2005 · Replies 24 · Apr 11, 2005

Replies: 24

Views: 5K

Undergrad Is the moon's Hill Sphere the same as its Roche Radius?

Apr 9, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 11, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 5K

Undergrad Escape Velocity Given Radius of 2 Objects

Apr 10, 2005 · Replies 4 · Apr 11, 2005

Replies: 4

Views: 4K

Undergrad 3 Questions - Why are some orbits

Apr 8, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 9, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Undergrad Clay-like Material: From Soft to Hard in Space and Earth

Apr 8, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 8, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Undergrad Moon Moving Away: Effects & Possibilities

Apr 6, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 6, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Undergrad Exo-Planets: 70% Eccentric Orbits - Does It Imply Rare Solar System?

Apr 5, 2005 · Replies 2 · Apr 5, 2005

Replies: 2

Views: 4K

Undergrad Interpreting Spectra for Jupiter's Rotational Speed

Apr 3, 2005 · Replies 5 · Apr 4, 2005

Replies: 5

Views: 4K

Undergrad Is Hawking Right About Black Holes Not Being Black?

Mar 29, 2005 · Replies 22 · Apr 4, 2005

Replies: 22

Views: 4K

Undergrad Is Space Time Only Relevant in Space?

Mar 31, 2005 · Replies 23 · Apr 4, 2005

Replies: 23

Views: 4K

Undergrad Understanding Gravitation: The Relationship Between Earth and Moon

Apr 2, 2005 · Replies 3 · Apr 2, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 3K

Undergrad The most complex extraterrestrial molecule

Apr 1, 2005 · Replies 1 · Apr 1, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Undergrad Astrophysics Scientific Research

Mar 16, 2005 · Replies 7 · Mar 30, 2005

Replies: 7

Views: 3K

Undergrad What Happens to Matter and Energy at the End of the Universe?

Mar 15, 2005 · Replies 56 · Mar 28, 2005

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Replies: 56

Views: 11K

Undergrad Atmospheric Pressure determined by?

Mar 26, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 27, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 6K

Undergrad What Are Common Misconceptions About the Big Bang?

Mar 3, 2005 · Replies 14 · Mar 27, 2005

Replies: 14

Views: 2K

Undergrad What Is Needed To Make An Intelligent Species?

Feb 23, 2005 · Replies 72 · Mar 26, 2005

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Replies: 72

Views: 11K

Undergrad Is There an Unknown Source of Energy Contributing to Our Universe's Expansion?

Mar 24, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 26, 2005

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Undergrad Would Different Laws Of Physics Affect Gravity?

Mar 22, 2005 · Replies 11 · Mar 26, 2005

Replies: 11

Views: 5K

Undergrad What is the comet's speed at its perihelion

Mar 23, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 24, 2005

Replies: 2

Views: 6K

Undergrad Explore the Mysteries of Neptune's Magnetic Field

Mar 17, 2005 · Replies 10 · Mar 23, 2005

Replies: 10

Views: 3K

Undergrad Relation between Mass and distance between two objects

Mar 19, 2005 · Replies 6 · Mar 23, 2005

Replies: 6

Views: 18K

Undergrad Alternating planetary phase layers

Mar 21, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 23, 2005

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Undergrad Is a Subspace Sphere Around a Star Plausible in TNG Season 6?

Mar 21, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 21, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 3K

Undergrad Is Life Common and Resilient in the Universe?

Mar 12, 2005 · Replies 18 · Mar 16, 2005

Replies: 18

Views: 3K

Undergrad What happends to light before it reaches us?

Mar 14, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 14, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 4K

Undergrad What Is the Difference Between Flux and Intensity in Astronomy?

Mar 13, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 13, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 23K

Undergrad Satellite Orbit: Effects of Rocket Thrusts

Nov 6, 2004 · Replies 13 · Mar 13, 2005

Replies: 13

Views: 6K

Undergrad Questions for a college student in astro.

Mar 11, 2005 · Replies 4 · Mar 11, 2005

Replies: 4

Views: 3K

Undergrad Are there still stars being discovered?

Mar 10, 2005 · Replies 1 · Mar 10, 2005

Replies: 1

Views: 2K

Undergrad Online undergraduate reading resource for Astrophysics request

Mar 9, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 10, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 2K

Undergrad Blackbody Radiation: Temperature of Accreted Gas

Feb 28, 2005 · Replies 7 · Mar 4, 2005

Replies: 7

Views: 4K

Undergrad Will an Astronaut Float at the Positional Median Between Earth and Moon?

Mar 3, 2005 · Replies 3 · Mar 4, 2005

Replies: 3

Views: 14K

Undergrad Can Black Holes Alter the Movement of the Universe Through Light Bending?

Jan 12, 2005 · Replies 13 · Mar 2, 2005

Replies: 13

Views: 3K

Undergrad Why Do Globular Clusters Maintain Their Shape Over Billions of Years?

Mar 2, 2005 · Replies 2 · Mar 2, 2005

Replies: 2

Views: 2K

Undergrad How Can You Measure Star Distances Using Ancient Astronomical Techniques?

Mar 1, 2005 · Replies 6 · Mar 2, 2005

Replies: 6

Views: 3K

Undergrad Turning Matter into Energy and Back: Is It Possible?

Jan 31, 2005 · Replies 14 · Mar 1, 2005

Replies: 14

Views: 3K

Astronomy

Astronomy is the scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena beyond Earth's atmosphere. It encompasses the observation and analysis of stars, planets, galaxies, and other celestial bodies, as well as the broader exploration of the universe's origins, structure, and evolution.

Astronomers employ a variety of tools, including telescopes, satellites, and advanced instrumentation, to gather data and uncover the mysteries of the cosmos. The field addresses questions about the nature of dark matter, the expansion of the universe, and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

Astronomy not only contributes to our understanding of the cosmos but also inspires wonder and curiosity about the vastness and complexity of the universe we inhabit.

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