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Graduate How Can an Infinite Universe Have Finite Energy?

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Graduate Astronomical cupolas & thermal equilibrium

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Graduate How Can You Determine the Right Ascension of a Star with a Meridian Circle?

  • JeffOCA
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Graduate Determining Mass Ratio of Double Star Systems with Spectroscopy

  • JeffOCA
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Graduate How Can the Big Bang Be Visible Everywhere in the Universe?

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Graduate Gnawing questions about the Edge of our Universe

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The Cosmic Romance of Binary Stars: How Are They Formed?

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Undergrad Is Anti-Matter Hiding in the Universe as Dark Matter?

  • Ravi Mandavi
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Undergrad Revolutionizing Space Travel: The Potential of Dual Space Elevators

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Graduate Are galaxies moving faster than the speed of light?

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Graduate Dark matter and gravitational pull of energy

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Undergrad Difference Between Plasma and Radiation

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Undergrad First magnetic phenomenon observed on the Sun

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Flyaround video of Vesta as seen from low orbit by Dawn

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Stargazing Telescope optical path length vs focal length

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Graduate Where can i find tensor analysis expained physically in simplest words?

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Graduate Are We Accelerating Away from Distant Galaxies?

  • Daniel Batt
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Undergrad Difference Between Solar proton event and Coronal mass Ejection

  • hamzaaaa
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Graduate Redshift Effect on Absorption/Emission Lines

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Graduate Could a carbon planet have been formed in the solar system?

  • Shraa
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High School Was I Spotting Mars in the East?

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High School Why do certain objects in space orbit others?

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Graduate What is the conflict between General theory of relativity and Quantum theory?

  • G.S.RAMYA
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Graduate The Mass cut - The relation between 44Ti and 56Ni in supenovae remnants

  • PaulWright
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Dark Matter Core Defies Explanation

  • Lensman
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Undergrad Can we seek out worlds closer to the center of the galaxy?

  • Dark Universe
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Graduate Why don't we see the other dimensions ?

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Undergrad Oribtal and rotational velocities

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Graduate Are there any peer reviewed sources of a theory which calls for a smaller

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Graduate Time curvature and twin paradox.

  • Imax
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Graduate How much speed does a satellite gain when orbiting through resistance?

  • Bjarne
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Graduate Understanding Universe from laws extracted from the Universe?

  • ExNihilo
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High School Intelligent Life on Europa Speculation

  • golmschenk
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Undergrad What is our Solar System's orbital plane around the Milky Way?

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Graduate Questions about geometric albedo and phase angle

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Graduate Does any gravitating body emit Hawking radiation?

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Graduate Will the Universe End in a Big Crunch?

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Graduate Exploring Black Hole Anatomy: The Singularity, Event Horizon, and Photon Sphere

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Undergrad Newbie question about expanding universe

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Proving the Moon Landing: Facts and Evidence

  • ryder
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Stargazing Looking to buy my first telescope

  • Millacol88
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Graduate Important question (possible end of the world scenerio?)

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Graduate The Limitations of Intergalactic Travel

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Undergrad What lies beyond the visible universe?

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Graduate How to Calculate the Length of a Quasar Jet?

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Graduate List of Questions about Black Holes

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Graduate What Are Essential Papers on Big Bang and Energy Origins?

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Graduate How comes the big bang singularity didn't need space and time?

  • Abidal Sala
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Graduate What are the Physical effects of the expansion of the Universe

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Graduate Age of the Universe: Can We Assign an Exact Age?

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Undergrad What causes the variation in Mercury's synodic period?

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High School Jupiter-Venus Conjunction: How Often Does It Occur and How Can We Calculate It?

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Undergrad What is a wormhole and how does it relate to the universe and space?

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Graduate Can We Witness the Big Bang with FTL Travel?

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Graduate Are dark energy and dark matter the same?

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Graduate Is the Universe Finite or Infinite?

  • QuantumJG
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Undergrad Celestial sphere and visible stars

  • LAHLH
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Stephen Hawking starring in The big bang thoery.

  • MartinJH
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Undergrad How to learn celestial mechanics

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Is the Multiverse Theory Changing Our Understanding of Cosmology?

  • Otherkin
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Undergrad The perihelion precession of Jupiter

  • Bjarne
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Where can I find reliable sources for online astrophysics lessons?

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Graduate Thoughts on Space/Time and Gravity

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Detecting an Ancient Civilization's satellite?

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Graduate Distances to galaxies using the Hubble Relation: look-back time

  • Froglet
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High School What Geomagnetic Storms release proton or electron?

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Graduate Dark energy expansion and the Hubble diagram

  • Froglet
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Graduate The Significance of Pi: Is It Related to Spatial Dimensions?

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Graduate Ratio of projectile to ejecta mass, shoot the moon.

  • Spinnor
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Graduate Particles of the most recent Solar ejection.

  • Rob D
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Graduate Why Do We Use a Mean Sun That Moves Along the Equator Instead of the Ecliptic?

  • JeffOCA
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Graduate Scalefactor calculations for special cases using the Friedmann Equation

  • karan9
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Stargazing Why Are Planets So Small Through My Telescope?

  • upgrade3
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Undergrad How can we know/check the sun's current and latest chemical composition?

  • kweba
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Graduate What Has SETI Ruled Out in the Search for Alien Civilizations?

  • Rasalhague
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Undergrad Dark matter - observational evidence

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Graduate Looking for someone who can do calculations on flyby anomaly.

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High School Uncovering the Mystery of Anti-Matter in Our Galaxy

  • Tanelorn
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Graduate Maximum entropy implies linear expansion?

  • johne1618
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Graduate Light elements abundance in a static toy universe

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High School Huge solar flare heading for earth

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Undergrad How much space does a Pound of copper use

  • John1397
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High School Physics or Astronomy informative speech ideas?

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High School Where are free online classes for Scientific Notation?

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Graduate Strength of materials - neutron stars

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Undergrad What Is the Estimated Number of Homeless Planets in Our Galaxy?

  • JonDE
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Undergrad Why Does Titan Have Fewer Impact Craters?

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Graduate Silly Dark matter question: why exactly is it necessary?

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Undergrad How do low mass stars outlive high mass stars?

  • Henry365
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Undergrad Uncovering the Mystery of the Wow Signal: Can We Locate Its Source?

  • aquitaine
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Graduate What is the total entropy of the universe today

  • avery
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Graduate Question about Cosmic Bagground Radiation

  • Sahota
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Undergrad How Does Gravity Work From Earth's Core to the Universe's Edge?

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The expansion of the universe art video

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Graduate LQC Lambda-CDM model bounce radius

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Graduate What can be Determined from Colour-Colour Diagrams?

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Undergrad Where Does Kinetic Energy Go During Deceleration?

  • Bjarne
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Undergrad Velocity determination through redshift

  • ShayanJ
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Graduate Does the expansion of space only occur in unbound systems?

  • waterfall
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Undergrad Symmetry of the Universe: Why Doesn't 0 = cba?

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