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Graduate How does a collapsing core become a black hole?
- durand
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Graduate How Do We Know the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Isn't Local?
- anya2
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Graduate Magnetic diffusivity : significance?
- !kx!
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Graduate Singularities, dark matter, and dark energy. A connection?
- Psycho0124
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High School Question: what exactly is a singularity?
- C.Braestrup
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Graduate Using stars random distribution to determine presence of gravity
- tmh556
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Graduate Do spiral galaxies appear spiral due to light travel time delays?
- abitdim
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Undergrad Can massive objects resist a black hole and can light pass through it?
- RustyBullet
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Graduate Does the Big Bang Model Support Instantaneous Inflation in an Infinite Universe?
- SW VandeCarr
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Graduate Orbital period decay and gravitational waves
- Ranku
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Graduate Why not use carbon nanotubes to conduct power up a space elevator tether
- danlgarmstron
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Undergrad Converting Intensity into magnitudes
- lavenderblue
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Graduate What is the relationship between information and consciousness in the universe?
- WaveJumper
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Graduate Neutron Star Collisions: Effects & Stages
- josh_c7
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Graduate Should the big bang theory be revised after galaxy HUDF-JD2?
- roland
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Graduate Hartle-Hawking Model (How the Universe Can Appear From Nothing)
- TimBowe
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High School One question [size of the universe]
- mtasquared
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Stargazing What is the bottom limit of telescopes and why can't they detect visible light?
- aster79
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Undergrad Can Black Holes Consume the Entire Universe?
- Aeronaut
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Graduate Does the Universe's Expansion Affect Time Travel?
- anvesh111
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Graduate Hubble Ultra Deep Field baby galaxy examination
- aib
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Graduate Nearby supernova risk discussed by Sigurdsson
- marcus
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Graduate T Pyxidis Supernova: Energy Release Compared to SN1054
- mheslep
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Graduate Why is the dark matter to baryonic matter ratio about 5:1?
- BillSaltLake
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Graduate Does orbital period decay from binary stars emit kinetic or potential energy?
- Ranku
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Graduate What space does the expanding universe expand into?
- RemoteSensor
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High School Is the Universe Expanding Without Boundaries?
- ssope
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Graduate Current CMB photon number density?
- denseguy
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High School Does the moon cause the flux and reflux of the tides?
- BogMonkey
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Undergrad How Do We Measure the Size of the Universe?
- paweld
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Graduate Effects of Magnetic fiedon the Dark Energy and Cosmic String
- pieas
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Graduate Gravity on the surface of Gliese 581 d
- horseshoe7
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High School How did universe start to expand
- crazco
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Fermi Telescope Spots Giant Explosion in Space
- Saturni
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Graduate How to calculate r.m.s radius of a N-body system?
- luxiaolei
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High School If the universe is infinite, does it mean that everything exists?
- Richard87
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Graduate Are Hubble's Sphere and the Universe's Age Coincidentally Similar?
- zeromodz
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Graduate Do black holes evaporate or go bang ?
- jimw
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High School See the Diffraction of Moon Light at Night
- pmehnati
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Undergrad What is inflation in big bang theory?
- edpell
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High School Paper on the physics of big bang: what should be included
- crazco
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Graduate Shouldn't All Black Holes Have EM Wave Halos?
- jobyts
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Possible misenterpretations of the known universe
- MrModesty
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Graduate A giganitc wavefuntion of the universe = determinism?
- roberto85
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Graduate Questions about string theory, multiverse, time travel, and black holes
- Sententia
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Graduate Cellular phones and reverse SETI
- Robot B9
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Graduate Is a flat universe better imagined as an expanding sphere or a cube?
- Holocene
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Graduate Does expanding space have a physics basis or is it just a mathematical construct?
- edpell
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What Are the Different Theories on the Creation of Our Universe?
- jessicadambra
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Graduate Understanding Magnitude Systems in Extragalactic Imaging
- ian2012
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Graduate Producing a CCD Image: Corrections, Calibration, Subexposures
- ian2012
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High School What is the Direction of Orbiting Planets around the Sun?
- albert1993
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Graduate Distinguishing between flatness
- Ranku
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Graduate Is a de Sitter universe compatible with dark energy?
- hurk4
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Graduate If Hubbles constant is decreasing?
- iidartzii
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Graduate Does any model predict the mass (or total energy) of the observable Universe?
- BillSaltLake
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Graduate Variation of Density Parameters with Redshift
- cepheid
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Graduate Accelerating Expansion: Is there a Positive Feedback Loop?
- edpell
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Graduate Universe expanding or time speeding up?
- CosmologyHobbyist
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Graduate Does vacuum energy density increase over time?
- Rubix
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Graduate Cosmological constant or dark energy or vaccum denisty/energy/energy density
- edpell
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Graduate Why doesn't infalling matter appear to cross the event horizon?
- Paul_Bartosik
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Graduate Is Space-Time Really a Woven Fabric?
- Darkroman
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Graduate Thermodynamics in Friedman World Models
- cepheid
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Graduate Expansion of space and looking back in time
- DARKSYDE
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Graduate Could dark energy have existed before the Big Bang?
- hurk4
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Graduate Could the Big Bang be a white hole in a larger universe?
- DaneBramage
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Undergrad How to calculate the orbit of a minor planet?
- neptunecs
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Undergrad Why Do Some Galaxies Have Warped Structures?
- Astronuc
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Undergrad Why is Neptune so difficult to see with the naked eye?
- Count Iblis
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Undergrad Is dark matter hiding in plain sight?
- mintparasol
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Graduate Is the Inertial Frame Defined by the Universe's Center of Mass Unique?
- edpell
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Fat Guy vs Skinny Guy: Universe Size Dependent?
- beeresearch
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Undergrad Does Gravity Affect Nuclear Reactions in Space?
- comsat
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Graduate The Conundrum of the Speed of Light and the Expanding Universe
- Emu
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Undergrad Does the universe have an edge beyond which there's complete vacuum?
- um0123
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Undergrad Does gravity eventually slow the universe's expansion?
- Cloengaa
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Undergrad Are LMC, SMC approaching the Milky Way ?
- Widdekind
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Undergrad Standard tests for qualifying radiation detectors for space
- parazit
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Graduate Why does gravity cause lower orbit speed at smaller radii?
- Bjarne
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Graduate Evidence for pre Big Bang physical universe?
- Tiapan
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Undergrad Death of Mars: How a Volcano Could Trigger Planetary Extinction
- MarsWTF
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Undergrad Calculating Kinetic Energy for Rotating Planets
- Bjarne
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Stargazing My New Telescope - Review and EP Advice
- Codester09
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High School Should I buy a used Celestron 114AZ telescope for $150?
- bassplayer142
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Graduate Why are blue-shifted galaxies concentrated in specific sky directions?
- Paulanddiw
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Undergrad What is the true scope of our universe?
- nates
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Graduate The metric expansion of the Universe
- espen180
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Graduate Mercury's Orbital Precession Anomaly
- Bjarne
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High School WR104 Gamma Ray Burst: Fact or Fiction?
- DR13
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Undergrad Astronomers use earth-based spectroscopy
- AdkinsJr
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Is Nibiru Really Going to Collide with Earth in 2012?
- The_Absolute
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High School Will the Moon escape Earth's orbit in billions of years?
- Richard87
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Graduate What is the true essence of the universe beyond human perception?
- Tommahawk
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Graduate Why is the term 'Big Bang' a misnomer?
- Richard87
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Graduate How to Calculate the Scale of Venus's Atmosphere Using the Barometer Equation
- Unto
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Undergrad Calculate Aphelion Distance & Velocity of Comet at Perihelion
- Unto
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Graduate What Is the Temperature Differential of Hawking Radiation?
- Ranku
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Undergrad Is There a Massive Time-Image Gap in Observing Distant Galaxies?
- Eden27
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Undergrad What Causes Pluto's Elliptical Orbit Around the Sun?
- jadunne
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