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Undergrad Orbit to the Moon: nodes position
- andreajf89
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Graduate How Do the Schechter Function and Maximum Likelihood Method Differ?
- jl294
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Graduate Evidence that black holes gain in mass?
- Kael42
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Undergrad How Long Do Red Giant Stars Last?
- robertrej
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Graduate Regarding Higgs boson and ether model
- virudh
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Graduate How well has the force of Dark Energy been calculated?
- LuckyNate
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Graduate Distance expansion and escape velocity ( thought experiment )
- marcus
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Undergrad What Is Galaxy 'Completeness'?
- jl294
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Undergrad L-LOG-SUN - value on stellar data
- robertrej
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What If Saturn Was a Sun? What Would Happen?
- chuckd1356
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Graduate Where Did the Original Matter Come From?
- dehouston
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Undergrad Why are the colours of nebulae different?
- Mekon
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Graduate 3D cloaking changing gravitational lensing ?
- Hypervelocity
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Undergrad Valles Marineras Origin and Origin of Asteroid Belt Linked?
- elroyjetsn
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Graduate Could Mars's collision with orbiting asteroid reactivate atmosphere?
- Matt Todd
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Undergrad Dark Energy: Big Bang, Big Crunch & Expansion
- mysteriously
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Graduate Can quasars reactivate within an established galaxy?
- Matt Todd
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Graduate What is the physical limit of compression of matter?
- Matt Todd
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Undergrad The Cyclic Universe: A Theory of Formation and Evolution
- Matt Todd
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Undergrad Are singularities shaped as a sphere.
- MartinJH
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High School How do you write equations in LaTeX for both Windows and Mac?
- goldsax
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Graduate Is There Infinite Matter in an Infinite Universe?
- Teachme
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High School Inserting proper symbols/letters for equations
- goldsax
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Graduate Mass, Velocity and Special Relativity
- Irishwake
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Mysterious Flickering Star Over Beach
- relativelyslow
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Graduate Is the Universe's Expansion Controlled by Gravity from a Black Hole?
- oooTommy
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Graduate Universe of indistinguishable quanta?
- Loren Booda
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High School Do eyepiece lengths affect telescope magnification?
- alias25
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Undergrad What elements make up the core of a dying star?
- nhmllr
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Graduate Is the Universe's Energy Increasing Due to Dark Energy?
- edpell
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Undergrad Grail Mission to the Moon: Does Light Exert Pressure?
- RJ Emery
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Graduate Why can Hawking Radiation not work in reverse?
- rollcast
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Graduate Motion of celestial objects in Spacetime looks circular in 3D how?
- VaibhavP
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Undergrad When Will the Andromeda and Milky Way Galaxies Merge and Could it Support Life?
- Tregg Smith
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Graduate Special thread for answers to Mathbrain's questions
- marcus
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Undergrad Neutron Star or a Pulsar - what decides
- kranav
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High School Modular Physics: Largest Number in the Universe
- SubZir0
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Graduate Why no attribution to Bohm regarding holographic principles
- rjay
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Graduate Topic: Neutrinos and Gravity: Can They Travel Faster in Contracted Space?
- keepitmoving
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How do I become God? I want a promotion in the universe
- GladScientist
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Graduate Why do black holes appear to be eternal red instead of black?
- hamson
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Graduate Why is it considered the 'end of the universe' when the stars go dark?
- 01i
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Graduate Questions on diatomic spectroscopy
- ollo
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Undergrad Where can I find a comprehensive online database for stellar data analysis?
- robertrej
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High School Universe age?, I never really understood that
- leviterande
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Graduate Are Infinite Universes Compatible with M-Theory and Chaotic Inflation?
- HumbleNoob
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Undergrad Type IV Civilizations - Info & References
- robousy
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Graduate Is time measured at receding objects dilated?
- johne1618
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Undergrad Position of a Body on a Hyperbolic/Parabolic Orbit with Respect to Time
- whiterook6
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High School Nonexistence outside the universe
- Knux897
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Graduate Matter less Neutrons behave the same Less Inertia?
- elroyjetsn
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Stargazing Coronal mass ejection arriving during a solar eclipse
- Zodiakos
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Graduate What Are Entropy Perturbations in Cosmology?
- LalithP
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Undergrad Please explain Dopler effect of light
- thetexan
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High School How to become an astrophysicist or an astronomer ?
- Kavin Hawaii
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Graduate Can We Aim Our Telescopes Towards the Edge of the Universe?
- @nonymous
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Undergrad Angle of crab pulsar to the ecliptic
- SUDOnym
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Graduate Time can't exist without matter (mass) and motion
- Lakshya
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Graduate Does the Universe Ever Reach Maximum Entropy?
- steenpat
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Graduate Sitting on a (very) extended object in space
- johne1618
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Graduate The speed of light, the term light year , and reference frames.
- ssknight7
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Graduate Two-Bodies Problem REAL SOLUTION
- Trifis
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Graduate Could a Supermassive Black Hole be the Center of our Finite Universe?
- jacksonb62
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- Poll
Undergrad Do we want to sent probe to Newly discovered planet 'Kepler-22b' now?
- sr241
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Undergrad What is the efficiency of solar energy in geosynchronous orbit?
- RobinSky
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Stargazing Which Mid-Priced Telescope Should I Choose?
- Willis666
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Graduate Black Hole Falling in / Observer Perspective Question
- Irishwake
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Graduate Just how spherical is a neutron star?
- Vincent Neave
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High School Is it true that the earth's rotation is slowing down?
- Masua
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Undergrad New Teacher Seeks Help on Universe Expansion & Space
- Philip7575
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Graduate What is the True Meaning of 'Nothing' in A Universe from Nothing?
- revo74
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Graduate Are You Using the Correct Formula to Convert Redshift to Megaparsecs?
- Sagan369963
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Graduate Can Black Hole Evaporation Preserve Entropy While Losing Mass?
- The Lobster
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High School Difference between shock wave and shock ?
- sam_021
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High School How Universe is Born: Start of Universe
- arunsais4
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Undergrad The meaning of z number in red shift
- kc2dws
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Undergrad How do we know space is not infinite?
- zeffur7
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Graduate Universal Expansion and the Distribution of Light
- Irishwake
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Graduate How long ago did inflation end in the universe?
- thetexan
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Graduate Could a Neutron Star's Color be Rayleigh-Jeans Blue?
- Forestman
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Graduate Are thermalized neutrinos stable at temperatures their rest energy?
- BillSaltLake
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High School Indoor Astronomy: Viewing Options for Cold Places
- jnorman
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Graduate Some clarity on Black Hole Theory and Observations.
- londounkm
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Undergrad Why does Venus have an atmosphere?
- seagull68
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Undergrad Life on Europa vs. Jupiter's Electromagnetic field
- livingod101
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Graduate If A Kind Soul Would Be Willing - Reality Check
- apt403
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Graduate A question on virtual antiparticles and Hawking Radiation
- jacksonb62
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Graduate Why Is a Distant Galaxy Blue Despite Redshift?
- Last_Exile
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Icy(?) Comet Survives Pasage thru Solar Corona
- Dotini
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Graduate Are Black Holes Deceivingly Still?
- xXIHAYDOIXx
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Graduate Current value of the scale factor(R₀)?
- EhsanZ
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Graduate What is the current value of the scale factor?
- I_wonder
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Graduate Has the Universe's Entropy Decreased Over Time?
- Omkar
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Graduate Dark Energy & Expansion of the Universe; Really ?
- ChrisPhy
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Graduate Weinberg's Cosmology: Neglecting (1+z(eq)) in Denominator
- EhsanZ
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Undergrad Why is Venus's atmosphere so hot?
- Unbeliever
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Graduate I'd like to know your interpretation.
- EhsanZ
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Graduate Why Do Pulsars Emit Radiation Despite Being Current Loops?
- cragar
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Graduate Why Doesn't Dark Matter Collapse into Black Holes Like Regular Matter?
- Routaran
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Graduate Protogalactic clouds vs protogalaxies help
- sadeghi94
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