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Graduate What Insights Does a Black Hole Simulation Provide?
- Orion1
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Graduate Dark Matter/Energy: Adjusting Science to Fit Math?
- really
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High School Are Black Holes Destroying Our Galaxy? The Truth About Galaxies and Black Holes
- GreatEscapist
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High School Why Doesn't the Moon's Gravitational Pull Affect Lakes or Cups of Water?
- FeDeX_LaTeX
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Graduate Are time flow equally in universe?
- Chitose
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Graduate What is a Euclidean Wormhole? | Ask Your Question
- cosmolojosh
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Undergrad Meteor Trajectory: Can it Fall Straight Down?
- Evo
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Graduate Density of dark matter in milky way
- diagopod
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Light is the only thing in existence
- ABHoT
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Graduate Unravelling the Mysteries of Space and Light
- AbsoluteChaos
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Graduate Expansion-based cooling during Big Bang
- hkyriazi
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Undergrad Average distance form earth=384,403,000 meters
- luckis11
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Graduate Flat Velocity Curve: Newton vs MOND Theory
- zachzach
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Graduate A universe that supports intelligent life is likely to
- GeorgCantor
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Graduate Discussing Gliese 710's 86% Chance of Hitting the Solar System
- Andre
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Stargazing XT10i and a Orion Skyview pro 120mm refractor
- MotoH
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Undergrad Determining a Safe Distance from a GRB
- tibrorla
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High School The big bang theory and why i think its wrong
- halo2fan120
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Graduate Extrasolar Planets: Questions & Answers
- kmoukiss
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Graduate Help Calculate Velocity of Supernova Remnant Knot
- maverick60
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Stargazing Suggesting a beginners telescope
- physixlover
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Graduate Does the Cosmic Coriolis Effect Influence Galaxy Spin Direction?
- ryan albery
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Graduate Could Gravitons Be the Missing Link to Understanding Dark Matter?
- Vons
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High School CERN and Switzerland Prevail: Celebrating a Historical Moment!
- DevilsAvocado
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Graduate Big-bang versus observational event horizon
- tamurphy
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Undergrad Big Bang: Has Universe Always Been Expanding?
- binbots
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Graduate Understanding the Relationship Between the RW Line Element and Universe Density
- Radiohannah
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Undergrad What Makes Living in a Spaceship Without Gravity So Unique?
- Misr
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Undergrad Mathematics & Astrophysics: Importance & Overview
- astro2cosmos
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Undergrad Accuracy of the exploding asteroids in The Empire Strikes Back movie
- marsh8472
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Graduate Direct observation of early universe's higher density
- onomatomanic
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Graduate Cosmological Constant: Why Lambda Units are 1/m^2
- theneedtoknow
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Graduate Could Hydrogen and Helium Be the Key to Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
- noblegas
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Graduate Harvesting Asteroids: Soft Landing Nickel/Iron Megaton on Earth?
- khoopes01
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High School Clarification about gravity and floating in space
- wmark17
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Graduate Orbit around the Galactic Center
- Philosophaie
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High School Dsitribution of Stars and Galaxies?
- quddusaliquddus
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Graduate Intro, and a couple of questions
- redliner
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High School What was earth like 200,000 years ago?
- stany
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Graduate CMB: L to Angle Conversion Simplified
- nicksauce
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Dark Matter/Dark Energy/unified constant? I need answers
- RockyRaccoon
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High School Do Most Stars Have Orbiting Planets?
- quddusaliquddus
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Undergrad How do I map a celestial object's declination ?
- jbowers9
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Graduate Could anything else cause redshift?
- A Janitor
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High School S: Understanding Space-Time Confusion
- TwistedmAGPIe
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Undergrad Blue Shift & Red Shift: Explaining the Universe
- Kronos5253
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High School How much closer was the Moon say 200,000 years ago?
- stany
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Graduate What are Kruskal-Szekeres Coordinates in Relation to a Static Black Hole?
- stevebd1
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Graduate Are Galaxies at the Edge of the Universe Concentrated in One Area?
- UncleFungus
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Graduate Derivation of Earth's Precession: Sun's Torque & Causes
- Gaba_p
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Graduate Exploring Supermassive Black Holes: Understanding Orbiting Stars and Gravity
- curiousphoton
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Graduate Can Dark Matter Evaporate in Black Holes? A Theoretical Problem
- Rick89
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Graduate Cyclic Universe: Exploring the Theory of Multiple Big Crunches and the Big Rip
- graybass
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Graduate Theoretical and actual limits to electromagnetic frequencies?
- inhahe
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Graduate Is Space Pushing Galaxies Apart in the Expansion of the Universe?
- Darkmisc
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Graduate Deterministic Universe (3 propositions)
- Descartz2000
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Undergrad How Far from a Gamma Ray Burst to Match Solar Radiation at Earth?
- Stephen_D
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Graduate Is Life on Jupiter's Moons More Probable Than on Earth-like Planets?
- calis
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High School Why is the Earth hotter in July and cooler in January?
- bolbol2054
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Graduate Cosmic Microwave Background Origin
- really
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Graduate Past eternal universe in inflationary models
- skydivephil
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Graduate Circular Polarization and the Search for Semi-Intelligent Life
- davilla
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Graduate Why do we Need a Unified Theory?
- dimensionless
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Graduate Solve CMB Peak Wavelength & Quark Fates | Astronomy Problem Help
- paigecoal
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Graduate Is My Understanding of Light Spheres in A Brief History of Time Correct?
- ABHoT
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High School Unveiling the Mysterious 'Black Star': New Astronomical Discovery
- rmalik
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Graduate Stellar Pancaking, anyone familiar with it?
- the3rdparty
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High School What Does Our Solar System Rotate Around?
- chuckset
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Undergrad Galactic Center Wobble: A Look at the Dynamics
- CosmicCrunch
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Graduate Would a graviton follow the geodesic?
- BillSaltLake
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Graduate Understanding the Physical Significance of 'a' in Kepler Orbit Equation
- Jerbearrrrrr
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Graduate How do vortices help astronomical structures to form?
- oldman
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Undergrad The Everlasting Cycle of the Universe
- Oh the irony
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Undergrad Advice for amateur (Matter/Space)
- Zinfandel
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Graduate State of knowledge of dark matter distribution vs Fermi Paradox:Zoo
- DanK66
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Undergrad Food for thought, is law of inertia wronghum
- eben51
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High School Picturing Galaxies: How We Capture Outer Space
- johncena
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Graduate Creating Matter from Energy: Is It Just Theoretical?
- alvarogz
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Graduate The Universe: 4 Forces Constant Forever?
- Winnipeg
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Graduate Three Body Problem - Earth, Sun, and Moon
- metgt4
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Graduate Curvatue Cosmology for a static stable universe
- David Crawfor
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Graduate Proving that there is one center of the universe.
- zeromodz
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Graduate Three Questions About Energy-Mass Equivalence
- NYSportsguy
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Undergrad Earth's Axis: What is Figure Axis & Have Astronomers Had to Readjust?
- curiouschris
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Graduate Is Zero Gravity in Space Just a Big Free Fall?
- dark mark
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High School Protecting Telescopes from High Humidity: A Practical Solution?
- Stanwyck66
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Graduate Can Supernovas Disrupt Entire Stars Without Remnant?
- Matterwave
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Graduate Inflation and Assuming the 'just so'
- Chimps
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Undergrad What drives the magnetic field of Earth and how does gravity play a role?
- jontyjashan
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Graduate Capturing Light Leaving Its Source: Is it Possible?
- ABHoT
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Graduate The Origin of the Universe: A Matter of Energy and Motion?
- jtban
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Graduate Looking back in time to the big bang
- curiouschris
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Graduate Calculate Redshift Where Radiation and Matter Energy Densities Equal
- zeion
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Graduate What is Dark Matter? - Learn Its Properties & Particles
- FeDeX_LaTeX
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Undergrad Why Is Helium Important in the History of Star Formation?
- keepitmoving
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Graduate Understand Time Measurements After Big Bang
- Rico_uk
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Undergrad Can the Sun Appear to Revolve Around the Earth from Certain Points in Space?
- wvguy8258
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Graduate How Can I Improve the Accuracy of My Geostationary Orbit Propagator?
- sup3r_n00b
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High School Could Traveling Against the Earth's Rotation Cause a Sunset-Sunrise Reversal?
- physx_420
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Graduate Calculating age of the universe using redshift?
- zeion
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