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Undergrad Cosmological models and begining and ending of universe

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Peer-reviewed case study of how an ideal universe would work

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Undergrad Do Black Holes Work Like a Sucked-Out Fire?

  • 98operate
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Undergrad Can the merging of white dwarfs explain Type Ia supernovae explosions?

  • Straw_Cat
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Graduate Why are we so sure the universe existed in a point 13.7 billion years ago?

  • PhyPsy
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Undergrad Relating Newton's universal law of gravitation with Kepler's 3rd law

  • Rumor
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Undergrad Effect of Telescope Aperture Size on Spectrometer Resolution

  • Drakkith
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Graduate Non-expanding solution to redshift observations

  • Dustin Maki
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Graduate Are there any habitable binary star systems in the Kepler catalog?

  • Basilisk
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Undergrad What is the Correct Calculation for the Pressure at the Center of a Planet?

  • Bill Wells
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High School What is the easiest way to start college in Physics, Astrophysics, or Astronomy?

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Undergrad Could Redshift not result from the Doppler effect?

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Graduate Is there a problem in assuming the universe has a boundary?

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Graduate Is the Earth's Distance from the Moon Affected by Universal Expansion?

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Graduate Is universe a 3 dimensional fractal .?

  • dexterdev
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Graduate How Much Man-Made Junk is on the Moon After 43 Years and Counting?

  • EmilyHopkins
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Graduate Keep track of cosmos by size or by elapsed time? Your preference?

  • marcus
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Graduate Age of the universe in earth's reference frame?

  • VantagePoint72
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Undergrad How does temperature change as you move away from the sun into space?

  • fifa1022
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High School Short term atmospheric retention.

  • KTevolved
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Graduate Can Astrophysics Reveal Our Place in the Universe and Ourselves?

  • Conjoined
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High School What should I do to become an astrophysicist at 13 years old?

  • astroboy12
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Undergrad The Cause of Earth's Rotation: Faradey's Motor or Something Else?

  • Chemist@
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Graduate NASA's new WISE Survey Results (and dark matter)

  • d3mm
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High School Why Do Star Trails Appear Denser on One Side of the National Geographic Photo?

  • kuahji
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Graduate What proof is there that time started at the moment of the big bang

  • DeepSpace9
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Graduate Is the Universe Truly Flat While Space-Time Curves?

  • geordief
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Undergrad Life on Mars: Did Asteroids Transfer Bacteria to Earth?

  • DeepSpace9
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Graduate Plate tectonics on exoplanets/moon.

  • KTevolved
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Undergrad Atmospheric Density Profiles of Europa and Mars

  • mightymouz02
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Undergrad Martian Core Composition: Is it Solid or Liquid? My Theory on Volcanic Activity

  • willstaruss22
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Undergrad After the Big bang ,when did the first atoms form?

  • Monsterboy
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Graduate Are Supersymmetric Inflation Models Still Viable After LHC's Latest Results?

  • Iheartscience
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Graduate Does the big bang theory conflict with the law of conservation?

  • Tim13
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Graduate Measuring the size of the observable universe

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Graduate F(R) gravity with non-minimal carvature-matter coupling

  • thecoop
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Undergrad Escape velocity in the atmosphere

  • willstaruss22
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Graduate Early galaxies in formative stages: where are they now?

  • PhanthomJay
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Graduate Question about universe formation

  • KTevolved
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Undergrad Where Does Energy Originate?

  • Hypo
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Graduate Supernova 1a Distance Calibration & Implications for H_0

  • Chronos
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High School Is Earth's Thin Atmosphere Caused by the Moon?

  • willstaruss22
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Graduate How Do Two Doubling Times Shape the Standard Cosmic Model?

  • marcus
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Graduate Dark Matter and Eternal Inflation

  • Ryankffx
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Graduate Can Quantum Mechanics Explain Multiple Universes in the CMB Map?

  • bigmig
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Graduate Big Bang modeled as a phase-change

  • jackmell
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Undergrad The Sun is very spherical - allegedly

  • sophiecentaur
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Graduate Heliophysics: the last ten years and the next ten years agenda

  • Dotini
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Undergrad Ultra-high-energy cosmic ray ≠ collision of 2 'normal' rays?

  • Michel_vdg
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Graduate Did the universe start as dimensionless and evolve through higher dimensions?

  • Snip3r
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Graduate Why did we stop at 46.5 billion light years?

  • thecow99
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High School How long will it take for the Earth to become tidally locked to the Moon?

  • mofobro
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High School A trivial question but who can answer it ? (Friend from Algeria)

  • benbr
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Graduate The Aftermath of a Large Comet Impact on Mars

  • Straw_Cat
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Graduate Dark Matter in Galaxies/Star Clusters

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Graduate Power of inflation in relation to expansion

  • fat f...
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Graduate How much energy is there in the Universe?

  • Alutoe
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Graduate Light’s temperature and particle’s temperature from 3000K

  • nonspace
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Graduate Could a Curved Boundary of Space-Time Explain Dark Energy?

  • id10tothe9
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Undergrad Curious about the age of the Universe

  • Muriel777
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Graduate Mass Absorption -V- Black Hole size

  • Spice
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Undergrad Which planet in this solar system would be most appropriate to terraform?

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Undergrad Orbital slingshot energy - energy from gravity?

  • r3born
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Undergrad Do Heavy Elements Come Only from Supernovae?

  • ImaLooser
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What is the Latest Rover on Mars and Who Helped Make it Happen?

  • Drakkith
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Undergrad Expansion of space: Earth - Moon

  • Michel_vdg
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Graduate Understanding Energy Density in Cosmology

  • spriag
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Looking for source of cosmology/astrophysics quote

  • Mondo11
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Graduate Copenhagen interpretation of Big Bang

  • atrchi
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Graduate The nature of nothingness/space, and potential multiverse

  • coktail
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Graduate Review of Evidence for Dark Matter

  • marcus
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Graduate Could dark energy be gravitational potential energy?

  • johne1618
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Undergrad Calculating Distances 1 Billion Light Years Away

  • buzzdiamond
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Graduate Necessary and sufficient conditions for matter clumping into heavenly bodies?

  • ImaLooser
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Graduate Too fast for a black hole to consume?

  • Boliver
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Graduate Does anyone know how to correct for reddening in a CC-diagram?

  • tyskstil
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Graduate Could Dark Matter Explain the Mystery of Shear Viscosity in Neutron Stars?

  • ImaLooser
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Graduate Sun Orbital Scanner: Magnifying Star Systems to Detect Planets

  • hubble_bubble
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Graduate Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

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Graduate Quantum tunneling and the universe

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Graduate Why Does Dark Matter Appear Scale Variant in Galactic Rotation?

  • StationZero
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Graduate Gravitational field strength for irregular object

  • donaldosaurus
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Graduate Will the expanding universe really end up cold and empty?

  • QuantumHop
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Undergrad What Would Happen if Our Moon Had a Moon?

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Graduate Spatial dimensions inside a black hole

  • atrchi
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High School Stars: North, South & Equator Positions

  • buzzdiamond
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Graduate How is galaxy mass calculated using luminosity

  • mesa
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Graduate Low Entropy big bang , models that explain it

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Undergrad How does declination and right ascension relate to latitude / longetude?

  • Sqw
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Graduate If the Earth were adrift in space, what would happen to its atmosphere?

  • CCWilson
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Graduate Viscous fingering and structure of space

  • andreas.zita
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Graduate Big Crunch to Big Bang: Is Our Universe Eternal?

  • navilon
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Graduate Is there a maximum mass for a black hole?

  • rogerperkins
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Graduate Can the Holographic Principle Solve the Mystery of Black Hole Information Loss?

  • hubble_bubble
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High School Is the Earth Electrically Charged?

  • ealbers
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Undergrad How do you relate space&time and matter&energy?

  • Abidal Sala
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Graduate Estimate Star Formation Rate: Kennicutt-Schmidt Law

  • Sagar_C
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Graduate Exploring the Origin of Elements to Nucleosynthesis and Fusion in Stars

  • Orion78
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Undergrad Minimum Distance Between Earth & Mars: Analytic Calc

  • deltasata
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Graduate Does WMAP data imply spacetime is flat?

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