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Graduate Recent research relevant to quasar evolution

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Hubble Mystery Light Puzzles Astronomers

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Is love like curved spacetime in this poem?

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Graduate Q: Space expansion and black holes

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Undergrad Why isn't the sun's rate-of-change in elevation constant?

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Undergrad Physical forces of a space collision

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Graduate Source of synchotron radiation causing galactic background noise

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Graduate Read article on Pulsars, not clear how a sphere sources pole-only emission?

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Undergrad Sun's Layer Dynamics: Charting Individual Motions

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Graduate Deriving radial velocity as observed from infinity

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Graduate Correcting for sun diameter and refraction in sunrise/sunset equations

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Graduate What Happens Inside a Black Hole If Dark Matter Falls In?

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Graduate Have the Laws of Physics Changed Over Time?

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Undergrad Where does the galactic distance equation come from?

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Graduate Methanol Maser Emission: Strength and Effects on Earth

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Graduate Can the Universe Truly Be Nonphysical?

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Undergrad Universal Constants: Books for Laymen about Observable Effects

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Undergrad Gravity Leaking = Dark energy increasing

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Undergrad How large would a moon impact event have to be to affect the Earth?

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Mystery Roar from Faraway Space detected

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Graduate Energy required to fracture a planetary mass

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Graduate Imperfections in perfection? Big bang

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Graduate Is the CDM particle still elusive?

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Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Death by Black Hole

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Graduate Does Density Affect Gravity in the Formation of Neutron Stars?

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Undergrad Proof of the Big Bang and the Age of The Universe?

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Graduate Question about the Steady State Theory (Cosmological model)

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Graduate Is all matter in the universe moving at light speed?

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Graduate Why is dark energy/matter better than a new theory?

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Graduate SDSS Quasars & Cosmology: Challenges to Current Models

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Graduate Could There Be a Place in the Universe That's Completely Black?

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PF PHOTO CONTEST - I'm in a wide open space (jan3-10)

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Undergrad Milky Way spins faster, has more mass than thought

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Graduate How Did Planets and Moons Form from Cosmic Debris?

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Graduate Universe's Missing Matter and Black Holes

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Undergrad Arriving at Friedmann Equation with Newton's Mechanics

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Graduate Origin of suspected black hole in Omega Centauri

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Graduate Twice as much dark energy as dark matter

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Graduate Are Quasars and Galaxies Redshifts Truly Quantized?

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High School Meade NGC-70TC Refractor Telescope: Left-to-Right Inversion Explained

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Graduate Young galaxy's magnetism surprises astronomers

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Graduate I have a little problem with the big bang

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Undergrad What is the Electric Field Strength of the Sun?

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High School Parachute in Space: Can It Deploy?

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Graduate Neutronium Armor: Could it Actually Protect?

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Graduate Why not steady and Quasi staedy state?

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Graduate Quasars: A Different Perspective?

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Graduate Is cherry picking evidence a hindrance to scientific progress?

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Graduate Can the physics of consciousness transcend space-time?

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What Are Some Stunning Astronomy Pictures?

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High School How do satellites stay in orbit?

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Graduate Is Dark Energy Just a Misunderstood Form of Gravity?

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Graduate Questions about the Universe: Big Bang, Dark Matter & Expansion

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Graduate Could a Collapsing Universe Result in a Cosmological Blueshift?

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Graduate Dark matter or just unobservable?

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High School Is the World Really Ending in 2012 as Some Predictors Claim?

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Stargazing Why isn't my telescope magnifying properly?

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Graduate Baryon density of the universe at recombination epoch

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Graduate Moon's Tidal Forces puff up Earth

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Undergrad Why Do Satellite Ground Tracks Oscillate in Latitude?

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Graduate Higgs Boson and Hawking Radiation

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Graduate A question about distance and time(2nd)

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Graduate Can Antimatter Collision Create a Black Hole?

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Graduate Is the total energy of the Universe Zero?

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Graduate Intuitive problems with the standard model

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Photo of Einstein, Hubble, and LeMaitre together?

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Graduate Fine tuning - island of stability of our world

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Graduate Earth's formation & Late Heavy Bombardment

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Is Space Exploration Humanity's New Manifest Destiny?

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High School How Do Spacecrafts Gain Speed in Space?

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High School Universe is made of baryonic matter

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Unsolved Historical Mystery: Greek Astronomer's Mysterious Observations

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Graduate Explaining blackholes dark matter ?

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Graduate Understanding the Role of Space as the Background for Light and Gravity"

  • wolram
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High School Info 'bout black holes, and is there one in the center of the galaxy?

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Graduate Supernova Ia Spectrum | Understanding Dark Energy

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Undergrad How universe gradually becoming flat?

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Graduate Unveiling the Real Age of the Universe: Could It Change Our Thinking?

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Graduate Why would large quantities of dark matter not stick together ?

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Graduate Galactic cosmic rays and our world.

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Graduate Death of a Black Hole: Does It End in Neutron Star?

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Are Non-Carbon Based Life Forms Really Possible?

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Graduate Cosmological Constant or Quintessence

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Undergrad How does a parsec relate to the age of the univers?

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Graduate How do astronomers look at historic CMB?

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Graduate Unpacking the Validity of the Second Law of Thermodynamics: A Scientific Inquiry

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Undergrad Inclination of Meteorids and Craters

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Graduate Calculating Wavelengths of Redshift in Cosmology

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Graduate Tighter bounds on cosmo parameters (Chandra Cluster Cosmology Project)

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Graduate Dark Energy: Supernovae Ia, Vacuum Energy & Quintessence

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Graduate Doughnut-shaped Universe: Astronomers say Universe is small and finite

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Graduate Exploring the General Form of FLRW Metric

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High School A question about distance and time

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Graduate Size of the universe from a different perspective

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What is the Astronomy Picture of the Day?

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How much mass energy exists in the universe?

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Graduate How does gravity affect organism size on different planets?

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Graduate Is Dark Energy the Key to Understanding the Expansion of the Universe?

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Graduate Space-Time Topology Theory: Learn About Popular Theories

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