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Undergrad Is our Solar System a large Atom?

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High School Double Crater on Google Mars: 19°53'15.38"N 141°40'48.73"E

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Graduate Where Can I Find Mass Profiles of Galaxy Clusters for Gravity Research?

  • Mosis
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Undergrad Why Can't We See a Parallel Universe?

  • Cr0m
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Forgotten Astronomical Discoveries: Rejected and Ignored

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High School What Are Some Quick Science Fair Ideas Related to Math and Astronomy?

  • Astronomer@14
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Graduate How Do Gravitational Waves Impact a Solid Sphere of Mass?

  • Ranku
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Graduate The Hubble Constant and Natural Unit

  • micomaco86572
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Graduate Dark Energy & QCD: Federico Urban & Ariel Zhitnitsky's Solution?

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Graduate Why Are There Disconnected Universes?

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High School Center of Our Galaxy - Nebula Orbits & Questions

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Graduate Does flat Universe have a center?

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Graduate Second law of thermodynamics and black holes ?

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Water on the Moon: NASA and ISRO Team Up to Confirm H20 Existence

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Graduate Neutron star collapse can produce GBBs?

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Undergrad Is There Ice on Mars? New Evidence from Fresh Meteorite Craters

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High School If all the empty space of atoms were removed, how big would this earth be?

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Stargazing Can I see anything other than the planets with a 4 telescope?

  • Wattever
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Graduate Do wormholes actually exist and can they be used for time travel?

  • doc.madani
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Undergrad Water on the Moon: New Science Express Discoveries

  • Monocerotis
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High School Stars eventually die because they use up their fuel right?

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Graduate Difference between Dark Energy and Cosmological Constant

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Graduate Black hole merger - what would happen if

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Undergrad Is Time Synchronous Throughout the Universe?

  • justwondering
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Graduate Theoretical Application For Acceleration In Space

  • Cosmicon
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High School Is Planet X Real and Could It Impact Earth?

  • {MXC}michael
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Undergrad Star Catalogs within 200 LY of Earth - Needed in Table Format

  • Insanity
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Graduate Is a Core Temperature of 3.14*(10^7) K Feasible for a 50 Solar Mass Star?

  • maggiemicmuc
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Undergrad Why does Saturn's dust form a flat ring and not a sphere around it?

  • kaleidoscope
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Undergrad Which statement is true about Redshift and the Hubble constant?

  • through.time
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SETI: Latest News & Updates | The Planetary Society

  • Rick Rabia
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Graduate How does inflation fit into the position of the Earth?

  • tampora
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Graduate Cosmology: Milky Way Formation in a Month?

  • Freeman Dyson
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Explore the Stars with Google Earth

  • budd
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Undergrad Dark Matter: How Do We Know It's Not Just Invisible Planets?

  • AdkinsJr
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Giant Ringed Star: Could it Exist in the Galaxy?

  • ajm133
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Graduate Spinning and rotation of planets

  • wilsonlye
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Graduate Distant Galaxies - observation methods

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Graduate The Mechanism of the Cosmological Redshift

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Graduate History and geometry of flat universe

  • Ranku
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Stargazing Which Telescope Should I Buy for Under $200?

  • CINA
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Graduate Is a change in gravity felt instantaneously on the other side of the universe?

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Undergrad Is Redshift Possible in a Stationary Universe?

  • pulsexx
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Graduate Can the expansion of the universe be observed even though we are a part of it?

  • srijithju
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Graduate What are the preliminary results from the Planck First Light Survey?

  • Chalnoth
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Undergrad How Does Gravitational Force Influence Ocean Tides?

  • Frank66
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Graduate Offshoot from 'Theoretically how far can one see in the universe'

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Stargazing What is the Wells cycle and how long does it last?

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Graduate What are the key theories used to predict galaxy rotation curves?

  • Hepth
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Graduate Can math truly describe our universe and it's phsical being?

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Undergrad How do we determinate the mass of stars

  • Bjarne
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Graduate Chaotic Eternal Inflation vs. False Vacuum Eternal Inflation

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High School What exactly does radio luminosity mean?

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Undergrad What is the most massive galaxy cluster in the universe?

  • Loren Booda
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Undergrad Is or can gravitational force become cumulative?

  • docpeter1953
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Graduate More Hawking radiation misinformation

  • jnorman
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High School Moon's path/orbit - is it changing?

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Undergrad Other planets interaction on Earth-Moon System

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Is the Surface Gravity of Mu Arae-c Miscalculated?

  • Researcher X
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Undergrad Question about origins of elements

  • dangerbird
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Graduate What Do I Observe Moving Around in Curved Space

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High School Is Our View of Stars Really a Glimpse Into the Distant Past?

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Graduate Is the Idea of the Big Bang as the Beginning of the Universe Outdated?

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Graduate How Do Radio Astronomical Measurements Convert to Temperature (Kelvin)?

  • Martin1957
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High School Occultation of Regulus: How Often and Why?

  • Maria76
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Stargazing A new telescope can detect a candle across the Atlantic

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Graduate String theory and gravitational waves imprint on microwave background

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Graduate How does cosmic microwave radiation lose energy?

  • Naty1
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Graduate Calculating Planet Deceleration Due to Decreased Gravity

  • Bjarne
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Graduate Black holes and theories of gravity

  • robheus
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Graduate A challenge to the symmetry of laws of physics

  • WaveJumper
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Graduate In currently understood physics, does the universe have a centre?

  • DaveC426913
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High School Did You See the Mason Dixon Meteor Streak Across Maryland and Pennsylvania?

  • mikesastro
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Undergrad A little thought of before the Big Bang

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Graduate The expanding universe isn't in our neighborhood

  • bwana
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Graduate Question on neutrino emission machanism in neutron star

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Undergrad Question about distant galaxies

  • Heuristix
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Undergrad Japan building space-based power plant

  • Mk
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Graduate Expansion around gravitational clusters

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High School Planetary Orbits: Decay or Spiral?

  • gloo
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Undergrad Evolution of Our Sun's Rotation: From 4.5 Billion Years Ago to Present Day

  • Bjarne
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Undergrad Question of Galactic Proportions

  • ranrod
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Graduate CMB fluctuations and large scale fluctuations nowadays do not match ?

  • smallphi
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Graduate The limit of Ultramassive Black Holes.

  • Researcher X
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Undergrad Can Black Holes Be Used for Space Travel and How Do They Compare to Wormholes?

  • redhedkangaro
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High School Galaxies that can be seen with the naked eye

  • Count Iblis
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Undergrad Dark Matter: What Is It & How Was It Formed?

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Undergrad If a comet kicks the moon out of its orbit and away from earth

  • redphoton
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Advanced Astronomy/Cosmology Forum - Get Answers to Your Questions

  • smallphi
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Undergrad The Pioneer Anomaly: Examining Velocity Gained through Gravity Assist Manoeuvres

  • Bjarne
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Graduate Intuitive explanation of the gravity of a sphere

  • jacobfreeze
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Graduate Angle of the Sun above orbit plane on satellite-centered celestial sphere

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Magnetic Field of the Sun will Flip

  • Philosophaie
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Graduate Do black holes repel the weak force?

  • dhouser
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Graduate Is there any updated study on the Moon's orbital plane anomaly?

  • Leo Klem
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Graduate Can galaxy clusters rotate like individual galaxies?

  • smallphi
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Graduate Mass of BH & Host Galaxy: A Deeper Look

  • wolram
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Graduate How empty are the voids in the universe?

  • smallphi
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Graduate The Flyby Anomaly: Ranging Data, Transverse Doppler Effect

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