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Graduate Difference between protogalactic clouds and protogalaxies

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Undergrad Is the Big Bang the Only Explanation for the Universe's Nature?

  • Godswitch
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Graduate Some repetitive mistakes and misconceptions about DM, MOND, TeVeS, and cosmology

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Graduate Simple proof that the zero-point energy spectrum is Lorentz Invariant?

  • johne1618
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Graduate Can a Particle with Repulsive Properties Explain Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

  • E45
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Graduate Particle horizon in Lemaître model

  • EhsanZ
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High School Martian Pole Star: Same as Earth's?

  • m~ray
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Undergrad Are Black Holes Proven or Just Theoretical Constructs?

  • stglyde
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Graduate Can Space Warp Independently of Mass?

  • Buckethead
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Undergrad Why the universe is expanding faster and faster

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Graduate Is the total energy of the universe positive, zero, or negative?

  • physixer
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Undergrad Are supermassive black holes just big stars?

  • Singlecoil
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Graduate Can the Universe's Path be Definitively Determined?

  • jam.muskopf
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Graduate Did time exist before the big bang?

  • Willis666
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Undergrad Is Black Hole Gravity Strong Enough to Crush Earth into a Watermelon?

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High School What Causes Sunspots and How Do They Affect Solar Brightness?

  • ahaanomegas
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Undergrad Can Scientists Capture Images of Distant Stars Like Betelgeuse?

  • thetexan
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Undergrad Neutron star and white dwarf material

  • mathman
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Undergrad If you leave Earth traveling at .01c can you reach Saturn in 6 days?

  • cjackson
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Graduate What Causes the Expansion of the Universe?

  • wolram
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Supernova SN 2011fe Still Alive and Kicking

  • Drakkith
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Graduate The resulting mass of the remnant of a core-collapse SN

  • bendaten
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Undergrad I think the universe is slowing down not speeding up

  • Vincent Neave
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Graduate Causal entropic principle / entropic principle

  • dmtr
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Graduate Black Holes: Falling in and Looking out?

  • FGLC Nate
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Graduate Data to derive Hubble's constant

  • Bojje
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Graduate What is the current understanding of the galactic magnetic field?

  • korben dallas
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Undergrad Could Telescopes Ever Capture Detailed Images of Exoplanet Surfaces?

  • hiddenvariabl
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High School Why is There Space in the Universe?

  • mgervasoni
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Graduate Did Matter Really Exceed the Speed of Light During the Big Bang?

  • studentxlol
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Graduate Black Hole Temperature: Stephen Hawking Equation & Calculation Results

  • sabanation12
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High School Kepler22b-first exoplanet found in hab-zone of sun-like star

  • marcus
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Undergrad AU and the Circumstellar Habitable Zone

  • Hanne
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Graduate Surviving Space: The Impact of Hemoglobin Levels on Human Body in a Vacuum

  • BrigetJameson
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Undergrad What Happens When Two Black Holes Collide?

  • jayaramas
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Graduate Time dialation when viewing across the universe

  • DarkMatterHol
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Stargazing Eclipse of the Moon from Sydney, Australia 10 Dec 2011 video

  • baz201
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Graduate Universal mass than a proton?

  • megacal
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Graduate Movement in time/movement in space

  • foolishwun
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Graduate Mars Atmosphere And Magnetic Field

  • mjacobsca
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High School SECCHI Uncovers What? Near Mercury

  • DoggerDan
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Graduate How fringe are alternatives to the Big Bang Theory?

  • Mooky
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Graduate Influence of metallicity on effective temperature of star

  • Anne-Sylvie
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Undergrad Highest Star Core Temperature: Does Size Matter?

  • goldsax
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Graduate Relativistic effects on planetary shear [tidal forces]

  • nearc
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Graduate Is Dark Energy Necessary for the Acceleration of the Universe's Expansion?

  • gregtomko
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High School Can the Mass of a Black Hole Bend Time and Space?

  • Bogrune
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High School How realistic are the colors that we see in pictures of galaxies/nebulas?

  • Vicbramwell
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Stargazing Ever wonder what happens during a lunar eclipse?

  • Jimmy Snyder
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Graduate What Would It Take to Travel to a Parallel Universe?

  • Mind Bender
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Undergrad S.O.L vs The Big Bang: Speed of Expansion

  • richardg1987
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Graduate Is there a discrepancy between the Oldest Galaxy and Age of the Universe

  • Tanelorn
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Graduate Dark Energy in the Zero Energy Universe

  • 7icarus7
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Graduate Is There a Ground Zero for the Big Bang?

  • Charles Brown
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Graduate Neutron Star Below the Chandrasehkar Limit - Properties & Atomic Matter?

  • fhqwgads2005
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Graduate What happens when a black hole evaporates?

  • Willis666
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Undergrad Half Light Speed Probes: See What Earth Sees

  • Mikec_vet
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Graduate Dark matter vs. modified gravity?

  • alemsalem
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Graduate Could Our Universe Be Inside a Black Hole?

  • Vincent Neave
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Undergrad Impact & Gravitational Effects of Asteroids/Comets on Moons Orbit

  • MaverickBlue
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High School Having trouble understanding how We are made from a supernova?

  • nukeman
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Graduate Time variable of space-time at the end of universe

  • VaibhavP
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High School Few Question from a Naive Astro enthusiast

  • galisuman
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Fascinated by the space,stars,sky

  • shankar93
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Graduate Astronomical spectroscopy and doppler shift.

  • ViolentCorpse
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Undergrad Problem understanding NBody simulation physics

  • Bekos
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Graduate Find the Lead Pursuit Line to Reach a Planet

  • GrantB
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Undergrad Computer simulations of expanding space

  • nearc
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Graduate How intimate are the rays of light?

  • nihilius
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Why do people ask why life exists?

  • fomenkoa
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Undergrad The age of the universe vs. the speed of light

  • cisco kid
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What are some recommended Cosmology books?

  • The Lobster
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Undergrad Does Our Milky Way Stir Up Solar System Collisions?

  • really.
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Graduate Black hole vs. Black hole, who wins?

  • Chaos' lil bro Order
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Undergrad What Causes Time Dilation on Mars?

  • goodabouthood
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Undergrad Could a Black Hole Be 10 Billion Times Larger Than the Sun?

  • Passionflower
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Graduate The expansion of the universe and gravity: One question.

  • McCartney
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Graduate String Theory and Eternal Inflation

  • dm4b
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Graduate The Blushing Face of Saturn: Radiance, Luminosity & Habitable Zone

  • writtenword
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Undergrad Could the Big Bang Have Created a Black Hole?

  • mangog
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Stargazing Is the Hubble Telescope Obsolete?

  • Thecla
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Graduate Can a New Theory Accurately Predict the Composition of the Universe at Any Age?

  • Dynamotime
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Graduate Just a Little Mind Game re: Superluminal Neutrino Velocities

  • BadBrain
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Graduate Deriving a scale factor expression for FLRW model

  • Rettaw
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Undergrad Using Rspec to Interpret Stellar Spectra

  • Raxas
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Undergrad How Were Daily and Annual Cycles Explained Before Copernicus?

  • Front Office
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Are black holes really the cookie monsters of the universe?

  • clearwater304
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Do you think astronomy is a useful science?

  • Athalus
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Graduate What is the rate at which the CMBR is cooling?

  • PhoenixKnight
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Graduate Computation of Solar Position and Velocity Vectors (Meteor Orbit)

  • solarblast
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Graduate Question: What is the Universe Expanding Into?

  • Ossama
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Undergrad First post ever. Be Kind. Solar orbit questions

  • Johio
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Graduate Inflation and expansion of spacetime

  • stglyde
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Graduate Dark energy <=> negative energy?

  • Amir Livne
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Bill O'Reilly the master of Astronomy?

  • EternityMech
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Graduate About the hot gas around NGC 4555

  • Buckethead
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Graduate Anyone have access to the 1955 Nautical Almanac?

  • solarblast
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Graduate How Can I Solve a Two-Body System Using Kepler's First Law?

  • cp05
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Graduate Unraveling the Mysteries of Black Holes and the Big Bang

  • Dave Apsey
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Graduate Could the Universe Be Rotating Instead of Expanding?

  • wildwill
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