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Undergrad Calculate distance between stars in a globular cluster?
- caesarborgia2
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Graduate Is the Universe Really Expanding from a Single Point?
- Peter Watkins
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Undergrad Could Apophis Change Earth's Future in 2036?
- anthromom
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Graduate Candidates for baryonic dark matter
- 2203312
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Graduate Are Gravitational Effects Infinite in Black Holes and Wormholes?
- Charlie G
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Undergrad What is the synodic period of Mercury?
- Helios
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Stargazing Telescopes: Magnifiers or Time Machines?
- merc
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Graduate Age of universe and time dilation.
- spaceball3000
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Graduate Gravitons: Clumping & Gravity Anomalies w/No Mass
- wolram
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Undergrad Is a Space Station More Cost-Effective than a Moon Base?
- Chronothread
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Graduate Dark Matter/Dark Energy Question
- nuke_c
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Graduate How Can I Mimic the Best Fit for HD17156b's Radial Velocity Data?
- NoobixCube
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Is there actualy any hi-res footage made with MARS rover?
- SAZAR
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Graduate Simulating the Primeval Plasma to Create a Universe
- wolram
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Undergrad Dark Matter vs Ether: What's the Difference?
- thomasxc
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Undergrad Redshift at the epoch of matter-radiation equality
- jackal0206
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What are the odds of falling in love with a physicist at an ice cream parlour?
- haaj86
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Graduate Max Distance & Time Til Sky Nearly Black
- Charlie G
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Graduate Emitted radiation and absorbed solar radiation
- Richmondh2o
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Graduate What caused the physical laws we have?
- AGlane
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If we could travel near the speed of light
- Rocketjj
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Graduate Evidence for Dark Matter Beyond Rotation and Clusters
- Forestman
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Graduate Dear Marcus: Your View on Two Properties of the Universe
- Petradog
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Undergrad How is the energy transfered back to the Moon
- Forestman
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High School Titan - the next closest thing to Earth.
- Saturni
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Undergrad The Big Bang & The First Galaxies: How Old Was the Universe?
- Forestman
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Graduate Time & Space: Was the Physical Universe Created With Them?
- redhedkangaro
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Graduate Could Solar Wind Be the Source of Dark Matter?
- mintparasol
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Graduate Has Electromagnetism Shaped Cosmic Structures?
- Forestman
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Where Can I Find the Darkest Places for Star Gazing in the Northeast?
- Stratosphere
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High School Help with Jupiter and Saturn please
- danielandpenn
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Graduate Why doesn't iron give off any energy when it is created through nuclear fusion?
- Forestman
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Graduate Does time slow down when falling into a black hole?
- Sheneron
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Graduate Space where General Reletivity Resides
- Philosophaie
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Graduate What is the heaviest element that a supernova can produce?
- seerongo
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Graduate What Theory Proposes an Infinite 4D Universe Beyond the Big Bang?
- Pjpic
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Undergrad Universe Expansion: Understanding the Role of Geometry in the Expansion of Space
- hagendaz
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Undergrad Stellar orbits around the milky way.
- Wantstolearn
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Undergrad Transit Method to find extrasolar planets.
- hhhmortal
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High School Quick easy clarification (redshift vs blue shift)
- phys-lexic
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High School Saturn's Rings: Why Are They Split?
- Forestman
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High School What Does Empty Space Really Mean?
- curioussoul09
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TED Prize Winner Jill Tarter - SETI
- Orion1
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Graduate LQG Theory: Is Universe Closed or Infinite?
- Forestman
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Undergrad Finite vs Infinite: Does Size Matter in the Universe?
- SpaceGuy50
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Connecting with Fellow Cosmology Enthusiasts in Brisbane
- Teleah
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Undergrad Is a Symmetrical 'X' Planetary Alignment Possible in a Solar System?
- astro1000000
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High School Please answer My Many New Bee questions on a Black hole.
- wannaknow4995
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High School Brightness of ISS in Earth's shadow
- Count Iblis
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Undergrad Neutron stars and magnetic fields
- Forestman
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High School This first thing that Kills a human in Space?
- Zdenka
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Graduate De Broglie equation and black holes
- bassplayer142
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Graduate Is there a beginning to chaotic inflation?
- Forestman
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Stargazing Viewing Saturn from a 6 telescope
- yiuscott
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Graduate Linearly-expanding FRW model matches DL-z observations
- Parvulus
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Graduate Can Energy of Creation Connect Us to Our Origins?
- bombaglad
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Stargazing Where should the secondary mirror be placed in a concave mirror telescope?
- Abd Errahmane
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High School GR Predicts Expansion of Universe: What Does it Mean?
- TalonD
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Stargazing Why does Saturn move so much in my telescope?
- danielandpenn
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Graduate Is It Possible to Have Infinite Mass?
- deathstar
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Graduate Law of entropy vs. Big Bang Theory?
- 2RIP
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Graduate What Is the Empty Space into Which the Universe Expands?
- RustyBullet
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High School Planetary Alignment (nothing to do with astrology)
- dmt740
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Undergrad Big Bang From A Collision Of Protons?
- Slashbe
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Undergrad What is the percentage of heavy element of the sun?
- magnetar
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Graduate Welcome Newbie: Discovering the Edge of the Universe
- iflexit_1
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Graduate BH Mergers: 8 Images & Computer Simulations
- marcus
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Graduate Understanding Energy Density and Cosmic Expansion
- benk99nenm312
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Graduate Can dark matter explain the flyby anomalies?
- SF
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High School Measurement of distance in space
- Uncertainty01
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Graduate Did Time, Mass, and Energy Exist Before the Big Bang?
- Cale C.
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Undergrad A few key questions about the Big bang model of the universe
- pentazoid
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Undergrad Rail guns for launching projectiles to space
- qwertasdf
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Graduate Measuring Star Diameter in Foreign Galaxies
- Zman
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Graduate Cosmology Explains Uneven Universe Density & Matter/Anti-Matter
- cam875
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Graduate If the universe came from nothing
- Castlegate
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Graduate Earth's interior heat vs Gravity
- Mechanic
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Graduate Does Asymmetry in Spacecraft Flyby Trajectories Cause Unexpected Energy Gains?
- Zman
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Graduate Stable Blackhole: Radius Dependence
- hurk4
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High School What Causes the Colorful Cross in Photos of Sirius?
- pixel01
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Graduate Is the edge of the universe the begging of time
- John Creighto
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Graduate Stability of Counter-Planets: Examining the Possibility of Dual Planetary Orbits
- Nentuaby
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Undergrad How Can You Capture Star Spectra for Astronomical Analysis?
- MonsieurWise
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Undergrad Is Space Infinite? - What Do You Think?
- cragar
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Graduate Accelerating Universe: Rate of Expansion Constant?
- cam875
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Graduate We know that there are opposites all around us with energy, you have
- redhedkangaro
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High School Is the bright star I saw in the west sky Venus or another planet?
- blimkie.k
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Graduate Could the Big Bang Have Been A Cyclical Event?
- WhoWee
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Graduate Can our Nuclear weapons destroy a Neutron Star?
- Zdenka
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Undergrad How was Voyager 2 used to determine the orbits of Uranus and Neptune?
- Zman
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Stargazing Struggling to Focus with New Telescope? Here Are Some Tips!
- Sheneron
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Graduate String/ M theory and Dark Matter
- SammyB
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Graduate Particle Creation: Uncovering the Universe's Origins
- cam875
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Graduate Can Dark Energy Be the Sole Source of Gravity?
- JinChang
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Graduate A question about energetic protons (cosmic rays)
- fluidistic
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High School Planet Gravity: What Makes Objects Attract?
- Diddas
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Graduate A Star's Life, (Full Explanation)
- menergyam
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Graduate Anti-Gravity and Black Holes: A Theoretical Analysis
- VelociBlade
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Graduate Calculating the luminosity density of the universe
- IRNB
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