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Graduate Proton-electron mass ratio; changed? how much?
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Undergrad Shape of Galaxies: Explaining Spiral & Elliptical Structures
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Undergrad Calculating Sun's Luminosity: Step-by-Step Guide
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Undergrad Solar System inside a black hole
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Graduate What is the Ideal System for Running a Nuclear-Powered Heat Engine in Space?
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Ison Comet will be brighter than the moon
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Have you seen the meteoric smoke-ring?
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Graduate Can I Use a Telecentric Lens with an Afocal Telescope?
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Undergrad Fire in Low Gravity: Visualizing a Biodome Blaze
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Graduate Schonberg-Chandrasekhar mass for low mass stars
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Undergrad Help calculating The mass of a Black hole (homework help)
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Graduate Plank length / space expansion question
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"Planet formation captured in photo"
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Worship, Reference Points & Time: A Story of an Old Lady
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Graduate Does Antimatter exist in the universe anymore?
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Graduate What are peoples thoughts on the fact that at the exact limit of our universe.
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Graduate How Did the First Stars Form Without Supernova Compression?
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Undergrad How did Einstein know the properties of space and time
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Undergrad Can someone explain the mathematics of this formula for Venus' orbit
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Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Lost in Test Flight; One Pilot Reported Dead
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Graduate What prevents a star from collapsing after stellar death?
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Graduate Zero gravity in spiral galaxy center?
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High School Tides: Does Moon's Rotation Affect Earth?
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Mom's New Camera Captures the Night Sky!
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Graduate Unorthodox "space" elevator idea
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Undergrad Why do galaxies and solarsystems form disks?
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Graduate Doubt about Frame Dragging and planetary revolution
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High School The Space Between Atoms -- Teaching Middle School
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Undergrad Unraveling the Relationship Between Magnetic North and Solar East
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High School UFO or Dead Pixel? What's Flying Across the Moon?
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Undergrad Why do the constellations appear to move differently in different seasons?
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Graduate BH to Sun, back of the napkin calculation of solar mass
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Graduate Results from TLE & SGP4 propagation - don't seem right & with interpretation
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Undergrad Can a planet with a thin atmosphere have oceans?
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Graduate Which Stars Cast the Milky Way's First Light?
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High School How Can You Find M31 in the Light-Polluted Skies of Central USA?
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Graduate Is CNO cycle more life friendly than H->He?
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Easy astronomical objects to see from the city
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ISS Visibility If Painted Black?
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Undergrad What is the Density Change Towards the Centre of a Gas Giant?
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What Makes the Andromeda Galaxy So Captivating in This Stunning Image?
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Undergrad Would the sky be red if the atmosphere was thicker?
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Graduate If the sun becomes a black hole will its schwarzschild radius change?
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Undergrad What is the significance of the foci in gravitational orbits?
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High School I saw the 23 Oct 2014 N America partial solar eclipse
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"Churning galaxy boasts a fiery halo of baby stars"
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Graduate White dwarf mass-radius relationship
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High School Boundaries between the Constellations
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Undergrad Were all galaxies quasars when they were young?
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High School Moon Phases: Rise & Set Timings & Direction Explained
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Undergrad I require help with understanding beginner astronomy questions.
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Graduate How is the Rotational Velocity of Galaxies Measured?
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Undergrad How Stars Ignite - The Fusion Reaction
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Undergrad Determine the least value of declination of stars so that stars can be seen?
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Graduate Can a Balloon Float Inside a Hollow, Air-Filled Space Elevator?
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Undergrad What's the scale on Mars rover "Microscopic Imager" images ?
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Graduate Measuring Cosmic Rays: There's an App for that
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High School Uranus' closest approach to earth and its interval
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Graduate What exactly is the Hubble parameter?
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Undergrad Kepler's 3rd Law: Solving Questions & Math
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Graduate Lagrange Point and orbital velocity
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What would you do if you were in space
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Graduate Is the universe NOT accelerating ?
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Graduate Proof that black holes do not destroy information
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High School Solar Cycle: Current State & Update
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Undergrad How can I determine right ascension and declination of a star in the sky?
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Total Lunar Eclipse 8th Oct 2014
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Stargazing Is a Geo Stationary Satellite the Key to Building the World's Biggest Telescope?
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Graduate Inertia in Space: Opening a Hatch
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Graduate ULXs & Black Holes: Unveiling Secrets of Escape Velocity
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Graduate Is Dark Matter Only Interacting Through Gravity or Are There Other Theories?
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Graduate Calculating Exoplanet Habitability using Stefan-Boltzmann Law | Habitable Zones
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Undergrad Introdutions to mathematical astronomy?
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Undergrad Reynolds Number and Turbulence in Atmospheric Boundary Layers
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Graduate Could the Big Bang be related to the flow of current in vacuum tubes?
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Graduate Is a Connection Between Black Holes and Time Machines Possible?
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Graduate Relationship between Ultracold neutrons and neutron stars
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Graduate A Question Concerning Solar Flares
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Graduate Are neutrons in a neutron star relativistic?
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Can Microorganisms Help Us Understand Aging Rates on Other Planets?
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Graduate Can You Orbit the Photon Sphere Without Being Pulled into the Event Horizon?
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Undergrad Could Super-Bacteria from Space Pose a Threat to Earth?
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Undergrad Gravitational Lens with home scope?
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Graduate Who should we give credit for considering the possibility of Black Hole?
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Graduate How far from Event horizon are you safe?
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Graduate Why is stellar ash found in the core of a White Dwarf so dense?
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Graduate The fabric of the cosmos - Universe or Multiverse
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Graduate How can black holes coexist with the expanding universe?
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Graduate Gravity and Gas Pressure on an Accelerating Object
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Undergrad How does solar wind effects Geomagnetic Field?
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Stargazing UY Scuti, the biggest known star, viewed through a telescope
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Undergrad Oldest part of the galaxy that could have held life?
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Graduate Inhabitable planets at doable distances ever or somewhere?
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Graduate Cross-Referencing MK5(SAO) & BD-HD Numbers with Constellations, NGCs & ICs
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Undergrad Detecting more than 1 exoplanet using Radial Velocity Method.
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Graduate Deriving the rayleigh-jeans limit of planck law of radiation
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Undergrad Gravitational pull of manmade satellites
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Graduate Meteoritical History of the Solar System
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Stargazing Mirror Mounting Structure in Space Telescope
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Graduate How Do Neutrinos Carry So Much Energy in Supernova Explosions?
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