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Graduate Can We Truly Conceptualize Quantum Particles and Four-Dimensional Space-Time?

  • Mr Peanut
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High School Big Bang: Is this statement true?

  • philophysics3
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Undergrad Hawking Radiation: Rate of Decay & Mass

  • srfriggen
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Undergrad Is Anything Else Expanding Like the Universe?

  • FeDeX_LaTeX
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Undergrad Expansion Algorithm: Acceleration Over Time

  • amaruq
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Graduate Nagging Doubts just won't go away(song)

  • amaruq
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Graduate How exactly can CMBR tell us universe age

  • azaharak
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Undergrad An asteroid is orbiting around the sun at a distance of 4.2

  • Brittykitty
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Undergrad Difference between hot and warm pixels?

  • the riddick25
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Undergrad Learn Astrophysics: Self-Study Tutorials & References

  • zico89
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Undergrad Why do black bodies emit light at all wavelengths when heated?

  • Niko Bellic
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Graduate What's the most distant observed star which is not a supernova or quasar?

  • petergreat
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Undergrad Question regarding movement of universe

  • FeDeX_LaTeX
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Undergrad Question: What is our solar systems galactic position?

  • Sam G
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Graduate Expansion of space or accelerating speed?

  • harrietjob
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High School Relationship between color of stars and their heat intensitiy

  • dreamfrost
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Undergrad Confirming Solar Wind & X-Ray Flux Effects on Earth's Magnetic Field

  • tom_l
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Graduate Gravitational waves and quantum physics

  • madness
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Graduate Is Antimatter Present in Cosmic Rays?

  • Naty1
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Undergrad Two Black Holes: Reactions and Behavior

  • KnowPhysics
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Graduate Smolin's two predictions, circa 2006, True ?

  • rhody
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Undergrad Will Converting Mass to Energy Affect the Universe's Temperature?

  • tiredryan
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Graduate How did scientists use WMAP to determine the flatness of the universe?

  • benk99nenm312
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Stargazing Could a very large telescope see a star as a disk?

  • Thecla
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High School All the bodies in our solar system alligns in one line?

  • mervk_16
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Undergrad The Possibility of "Pure" Planets

  • MrModesty
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Graduate The Interplanetary Magnetic Field

  • kd001
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Undergrad Should the Drake Equation Consider Moons?

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate Will it ever be possible to create Matter from a large source of energy ?

  • Physicz
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Graduate Nagging question about inflation of universe

  • tfast
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High School The historical quest for the farthest astrononomical object. Can anyone help me?

  • Micru
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Graduate A question about the universe from a non-physicist?

  • ultrasquid
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Graduate Could the Early Universe Have Collapsed into Black Holes?

  • Constantin
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Graduate Origin of the Universe - Byteland.org

  • TalonD
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Graduate Is the temperature of the universe affected by inflation?

  • matteo210
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Undergrad Help calculating planets attributes

  • ayae
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Graduate Michio Kaku, Parallel Universes, and Galactic EZ Bake Ovens

  • Mr. Q
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Undergrad What Caused the Change in Earth's Orbit 125,000 Years Ago?

  • jnorman
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Graduate Energy conservation in an expanding Universe

  • kasperm
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Undergrad Did Mars belonged in Earth's Orbit at one time?

  • GaryF
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Graduate Big Bang Big Schmang, astronomical redshift is an artifact of distance

  • MartinTimothy
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Graduate The Fermi Paradox: Are We Alone in the Universe?

  • emc2cracker
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High School What are some theories of the creation of the universe?

  • Da2Shae
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Graduate Calculating strength gravity over light years

  • ensabah6
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Undergrad Why are there Magnetic Fields on the Sun?

  • wofsy
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Undergrad What is the force of gravity between Andromeda and the Milky Way?

  • masonlane
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Graduate Asymptote of expected rotation curve velocities

  • Buckethead
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Graduate Reversing a Black Hole: Can It Be Done?

  • spellberg56
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High School Graphs of galaxy rotation curves?

  • Buckethead
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Graduate Big Bang supposedly set matter and energy

  • rrw4rusty
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Graduate Extended structure of dark matter

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate Matter/Anti-Matter: Explaining Space Travel Applications

  • DarkStar707
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Graduate Evidence of Rotating Black Holes?

  • cbd1
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High School Is Astrobiology a Legitimate Scientific Field?

  • Lacy33
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Graduate Black Holes & Stars: Can Stars Rotate BHs Stably?

  • danihel
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Graduate Energy, blackholes and whiteholes

  • alvarogz
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Graduate Electron degeneracy pressure in QM

  • Naty1
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Graduate Is Directed Panspermia the Key to Spreading Life Across the Universe?

  • qraal
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Undergrad How Does the Sun's Motion Appear from Earth's Perspective?

  • Freeman Dyson
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Graduate The First Particles After the Big Bang: What Do We Know?

  • cbd1
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Undergrad Wavelengths increasing with space?

  • earlofwessex
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Undergrad Tracking the Sun's Galactic Orbit: Uncovering the Origins of Our Solar System

  • emc2cracker
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Graduate Hydrostatic Equilibrium in General Relativity

  • Totalderiv
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Graduate Question on redshift/expanding universe

  • gamblej
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Graduate Determining Distances to Galaxies

  • sderamus
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Did I Fail the Job Interview?

  • Dolphiney
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Graduate Can the Big Crunch Theory Allow for Time Reversal?

  • Aero_Marty
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Graduate Limiting value of Hubble constant

  • Ranku
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High School How To measure Moon Orbital Velocity ?

  • ZakieChan
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Graduate 7-year WMAP data: cosmo implications

  • marcus
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Graduate When did H2O develop during the last 13.5 b y?

  • baywax
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Undergrad What is the relation between gravity and light?

  • phy_freak
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Graduate Space-time fabric distortion measuring

  • steli
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Undergrad Coordinate systems in the solar system?

  • dotancohen
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Graduate Unraveling the Mysteries of Vacuum Genesis

  • Mean-Hippy
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Graduate Gravitons and gravity in a asteroid-planet interaction

  • bikeaddict
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High School Sun Expansion: What Would Humans Do?

  • curious_cat
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Undergrad Force of Gravity in terms of Density

  • wildkat7411
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Undergrad What Happens When You Go Through a Wormhole?

  • altairz
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Graduate Accelerating Universe, Relativistic Mass and Dark Energy

  • oXDawidXo
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Graduate The Universe's Possible Cyclic Existence

  • A. H. ES NA S
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Graduate Is Gravity Truly an Entropic Force in the Universe?

  • oldman
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Eternal Universe - What Do You Think?

  • Shadowmonk710
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High School Observing Objects at 45N 90W: Simple Astronomy Question

  • Freeman Dyson
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Graduate Omega Point Theory: Plausible or Pseudoscience?

  • celebrei
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Graduate Mass Below Jeans Mass: Implications for Systems

  • Ranku
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Undergrad Formulas for Elliptical Orbits X,Y,Z Co-Ordinates

  • frogtag
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Graduate Observing Bright Stars: Project Checkup

  • Berdi
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Undergrad Where does the missing energy go in redshift?

  • david2010
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Graduate Detection of gravitational waves

  • Ranku
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High School How Can Beginners Learn About Black Holes and Space?

  • irphysics
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Graduate Hi, i have a question about Gravitons

  • phy_freak
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Graduate The Universe Exists Because It Has To

  • Evolver
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Undergrad Does Hydrogen Alone Lead to Life in the Universe?

  • FUNKER
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Undergrad How Do Black Holes Influence the Path of Light?

  • vorcil
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Undergrad Could Titan Support Life Like Earth in the Future?

  • curious_cat
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Undergrad Electromagnetic frequency question

  • mcjosep
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Remnants of asteriods caught in image?

  • turbo
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Undergrad Betelgeuse Supernova: Did It Happen?

  • paigecoal
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Stargazing Building Telescope Signting Laser

  • wil3
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