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Undergrad Calculate distance between stars in a globular cluster?

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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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Graduate Max Distance & Time Til Sky Nearly Black

  • Charlie G
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Undergrad Is 34% far or slightly smaller than 100%?

  • Ki_Ryn
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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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