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Undergrad Orbit to the Moon: nodes position

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Graduate How Do the Schechter Function and Maximum Likelihood Method Differ?

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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

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Graduate How well has the force of Dark Energy been calculated?

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Graduate Distance expansion and escape velocity ( thought experiment )

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Undergrad What Is Galaxy 'Completeness'?

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Undergrad L-LOG-SUN - value on stellar data

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What If Saturn Was a Sun? What Would Happen?

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Graduate Where Did the Original Matter Come From?

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Undergrad Why are the colours of nebulae different?

  • Mekon
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Graduate 3D cloaking changing gravitational lensing ?

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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?

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Graduate Is There Infinite Matter in an Infinite Universe?

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High School Inserting proper symbols/letters for equations

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Graduate Mass, Velocity and Special Relativity

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Mysterious Flickering Star Over Beach

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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

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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

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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

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High School Nonexistence outside the universe

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Graduate Matter less Neutrons behave the same Less Inertia?

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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Undergrad The meaning of z number in red shift

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Undergrad How do we know space is not infinite?

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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?

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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

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