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Undergrad How can the universe be big enough to fit all the stars when it's not that old?

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Graduate Human observer & cosmological interpretations

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Graduate Cosmic time and a cosmic location.

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Undergrad Can things exist/develope without gravity?

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High School Figuring the location of the sun

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Undergrad Interesting astro/phys question I'd like the naswer to

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Graduate How Can Newcomers Understand Hubble's Law and Cosmology Basics?

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Stargazing What is the best telescope for beginner astrophotography?

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Graduate Time & Black Holes: Creative Perspective on Creation

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Graduate Vacuum Energy - Pair Production Confusion

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Graduate Is Gamma Ray Emission from a Black Hole Really Possible?

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Undergrad Redshift: Is the Universe Slowing or Accelerating?

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Collisional model of asteroids and their debris

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Undergrad Why don't stars in a cluster clump?

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Graduate Help with Bohm's Criterion: Pre-Sheath Explained

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Graduate Where can I get C14 data for cellulosic material?

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High School Beginner's Guide to Stargazing: Tips for Observing Space from Mumbai, India

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Graduate Why Do Graphs of the Cosmic Microwave Background Show a Peak at 2mm, Not 1mm?

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High School Are there any equations I can solve on a 10-hour road trip?

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Graduate What is frequency of a gamma ray emitted from a supernova

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Graduate Assumption of spherical nature of the universe

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Graduate The Edge of the Physical Universe

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High School Earth transits the Sun as viewed from Mars in 2005?

  • Cecil
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High School Getting to Mars: Is 4 Days Possible?

  • Anthony Rocco
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Undergrad How Can We Understand the Concept of Universe's Temperature?

  • pixel01
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Graduate If space is expanding (moving) then does relativity change?

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High School Are there any stars that do not have a planetary system?

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High School Can Staring at Stars Really Make You Deaf?

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Undergrad Nature of Universe: Latest Thinking Explored

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Undergrad Counting Stars in Universe: How Big Bang Began

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Graduate How to Extract Effective Mass from a Logarithmic Galactic Potential?

  • FunkyDwarf
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Undergrad Mercury's Tidal Lock & Eccentric Orbit Explained

  • pixel01
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Undergrad Universe Acceleration: When Did it Begin?

  • Ranku
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High School Difference between Astronomy and Cosmology is?

  • Starwatcher16
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High School What Causes the Green Tint in Some Meteors?

  • Liger20
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High School What movies the particles of light?

  • natevi
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Graduate What Are the Implications of the New Riess Hubble Rate?

  • marcus
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Graduate Can mathematical beauty lead to a better understanding of physical laws?

  • Jarwulf
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Graduate Reliability of physics as an exact description of the universe

  • elemental09
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Undergrad Can Gravity Really Slow Down the Expansion of the Universe?

  • T.O.E Dream
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Graduate Can Randomly Generated Brains Hold the Secrets of the Universe?

  • Blenton
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Graduate Can Softening Length Affect Dark Matter Halo Stability in N-Body Simulations?

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Undergrad Can We Build a Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine for Space Travel?

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Graduate Value of Hubble Parameter in Decelerating Universe

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High School What is the other focus in an elliptical orbit?

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Graduate Real 3-Body Systems Initial Value Problem Data

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Undergrad Hypernova release two huge jets of gamma rays

  • randeezy
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Graduate Cosmic Microwave Background - why do we see photons from 13 billion years ago?

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Undergrad Black Holes vs Wormholes: What's the Difference?

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Graduate Small Flat Universe? How is it Possible?

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Graduate Extra Dimensions: What Caused Compactification?

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Graduate How does the curvature of the universe evolve in cyclic models?

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Galaxy Count: How Many in the Visible Universe?

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Graduate What is the Relationship Between Track Growth and Universe Expansion?

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Graduate What exactly is cosmological inflation?

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Undergrad Is a black hole considred a black body?

  • Starwatcher16
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Undergrad Convert km/s to kpc/Gyr: 0.964275 Factor?

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Graduate Does Graviton Scatter Affect the Moons and Rings of Gas Giants?

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Undergrad Yahoo: Earth-Venus smash-up possible in 3.5 billion years: study

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Undergrad Why Universe Expansion Doesn't Affect Solar System

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Graduate Is the Universe's Electromagnetic Radiation Noise Uniformly Distributed?

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Graduate Could the Universe Have Been Swimable During Inflation?

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Undergrad Heart shaped observable universe?

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Undergrad Black holes - a few questions from a newb

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Graduate Particle physics when light wave expands infinitely

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Graduate How did Jonathan Swift predict mars moon speeds?

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Is Haumea the Jinx Football-shaped Planet in the Kuiper Belt?

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Undergrad Help sought - data on intergalactic distances

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Graduate How is density calcuated from WMAP data

  • Hal King
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High School Gravitational Force: Why Don't Planets Collide?”

  • Mandavi
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Graduate Is the rate at which the universe expanding increasing?

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Undergrad Universe expanding +c. +c impossible?

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High School Why Doesn't Earth Fall into the Sun Due to Gravity?

  • DruidArmy
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Undergrad From Big Bang to Iron: A Timeline of Creation

  • crazy mind
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Graduate Uncovering the Mystery of Dark Matter: Theory and Evidence Explained

  • jarlent
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Graduate Could Extra Dimensions in String Theory Be Larger Than Our Own?

  • keepitmoving
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Graduate How is Dipole Anisotropy Expansion Derived in Weinberg's Cosmology?

  • nicksauce
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Graduate Is this interpretation on Hubble's Law/Constant right ?

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Undergrad Harnessing Energy from Outer Space - Solar, Nuclear & More

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High School Is the ground moving or are we moving?

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Graduate Potential energy of a particle within a dark matter halo

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Where does word universe originate from?

  • anonymoussome
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Graduate What Happens to Gravity and Temperature at the Center of a Black Hole?

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Undergrad So how fast are we actually moving?

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Graduate No need for dark energy , gravity will suffice.

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Graduate How seriously do you take the FLRW model?

  • skippy1729
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Graduate Wanted to find out some things about the universe

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High School Why does the sun travel faster about its equator?

  • Ian_Brooks
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Undergrad Why does the sun have non uniform distribution of magnetic fields?

  • Ian_Brooks
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Graduate Can Black Holes Create Interdimensional Bridges to Other Universes?

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Undergrad Determining the individual magnitudes of two stars

  • Mike89
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Graduate Thor's Helmet: Pre-Supernova with Emissions Nebula?”

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Graduate Chaotic Inflation Models & Equations

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Graduate 2 Q's - hawking radiation and inflationary universe

  • jnorman
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Graduate Effective Destructive Range of Supernovae?

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High School Can I (amateur astronomer) detect extrasolar planets?

  • SpicVir
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How Can I Make the Moon Look Bigger Using Mirrors?

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Graduate When Did Gravity Separate from Other Forces After the Big Bang?

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Graduate Black Hole Collision: What Would Happen?

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Graduate What causes the research interest in cosmology?

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