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Graduate Space-Time Topology Theory: Learn About Popular Theories
- daytripper
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Graduate Is Gravity Geometry or Quantum in Nature?
- TalonD
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Undergrad Conversion of healpix fits file to normal fits file
- hommies
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Graduate Stars, Ozone, & Evolution of Complex Life
- Widdekind
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High School Is it possible to reach absolute zero?
- The-BRA!N
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Undergrad Dark Energy Project: Studying the Universe
- pi.rootpi
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Undergrad Why Do Stars and Galaxies Keep Spinning?
- samsara15
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High School About the Earth's orbital velocity
- mazen_zone
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Graduate Baryon asymmetry and conservation of charge
- spidey
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Graduate What Caused the Asymmetry Between Matter and Antimatter in the Early Universe?
- spidey
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Graduate Solving Extinction and Reddening in Photometric Analysis of M5 Globular Cluster
- taylrl2
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Graduate How do you derive the tidal force equation?
- student654321
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Graduate Estimating Planetary Cooling Times
- Widdekind
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Undergrad How to calculate the position of stars
- zackola
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High School Earth's distance from the galactic center?
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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High School Classification of Stella Spectra
- jimmy p
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Graduate Understanding Hagedorn Temperature: Can Light Speed Up?
- theLHC
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High School Moon's Orbit: Moving Closer or Farther From Earth?
- ADunn
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Graduate Proof of three dimensional space
- davstar
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Graduate Our sources of fear/anguish; permitted by the physical universe.
- Holocene
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Stargazing Venus and Mars: Did They Ever Cross Paths in a Terrestrial Eclipse?
- Loren Booda
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Graduate Sailing Through Space: The Technical Challenges of Interstellar Travel
- _F_
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Graduate Is the CMBR Truly Uniform?
- 81+
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Undergrad I'm confused about 1st Kepler's law and the 2 body problem
- fluidistic
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Undergrad "Estimating the Age of a Black Hole"
- rrchr
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Stargazing Telescopes & Astronomy Magazines - Scientific American
- Ahmadsh
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High School Why doesn't the asteroid belt block our view of the jovial planets?
- Chronothread
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Undergrad What are the implications of Obama's space policy plan for NASA's future?
- Coin
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Undergrad Explaining Mercury's Precession: Layman Terms
- Nickelodeon
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Graduate Where is the energy coming from to push space apart?
- 81+
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Graduate Is 'real space' merely a convenient mental representation?
- lifeson22
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Undergrad Why is the density of Mercury 40% larger than the density of Mars?
- Bjarne
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Graduate Ways to accommodate modern cosmology
- marcus
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Graduate Have You Considered Dr. Oliver Manuel's Neutron Star Model for the Sun?
- latecommer
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High School The most distant object that can still orbit the Earth.
- pixel01
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Graduate Existence of a small planet (theoretically)
- alpha372
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Graduate What is the average density of a rocky world according to Nilssen's Law?
- Widdekind
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Undergrad Understanding Gravity Waves: Detected or Theoretical?
- TalonD
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Graduate Proto-Earth was ~230 Earth Masses
- Widdekind
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Graduate Astro- modelling a white dwarf via polytrope
- laam
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High School Confusion over gravity and tides
- chis
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Graduate Dark Matter in the solar system.
- gabbagabbahey
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Graduate What is Nilssen's Law of Stars and how does it relate to star data?
- Widdekind
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Undergrad Charge of Black Holes: Mass Dependency Explained
- spidey
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Graduate Confusion regarding jargon in journals
- Griswold1982
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Undergrad Why are stars often found far from their birthplace in nebulas?
- Jøhn
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Graduate Which from scratch? (group survey)
- marcus
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Graduate Is the Net Density of Any Space Interval Ever Zero?
- epkid08
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Graduate Olbers' Paradox, the CMB and the observable universe
- cosmogrl
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Graduate Why Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
- Chronothread
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Undergrad Google calculator impact on basic cosmo explanations
- marcus
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Undergrad Kepler's 3rd law to determine mass of jupiter
- bemc
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Undergrad Why Isn't Space at Absolute Zero Despite Its Vacuum and Low Temperature?
- Mentallic
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Graduate Unique Roche limit and Saturn's rings
- Supadupafly
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Graduate Age and metallicity of Population I stars?
- Stefan Pernar
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Graduate Modelling density as a function of time?
- mysearch
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Graduate Conservation of angular momentum
- wolram
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Meteor Fireball Sighted Over Edmonton, Canada
- russ_watters
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Graduate Questions about Black Holes And Time
- Nikki_E
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Graduate Is Space Real? The Existential Question of the Universe
- Doctordick
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Graduate Dimensions greater than the third?
- The_Absolute
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Graduate Hawking Raditation and particle-antiparticle pairs
- Sir_Arthur
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Graduate Recession of M81 and the M81 Group?
- AJH
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Undergrad The Stephan's Quintet and Arp's Theories
- Ignition
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Graduate What Are the Six Puzzles Challenging LCDM Cosmology?
- wolram
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Graduate Dark energy, vacuum, and uncertainty
- pi.rootpi
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Undergrad Does Empty Space Contain Mass and Energy?
- Ranger Mike
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Graduate Can photons create black holes despite being massless?
- Pjpic
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High School Planetary Alignment: Will It Affect Us?
- remix220
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High School Big Bang Questions: How Did Earth Form?
- d=vt+1/2at^2
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Graduate Age and structure of the Universe
- Orion1
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Undergrad Cosmology Paper Ideas: Need Help!
- mathstudent88
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Stargazing Telescope Illumination: Mirror Diameter & Focal Length
- CaptainMarvel
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Graduate Explore the Mysterious Dark Photon
- wolram
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Graduate Why Does Dark Matter Cause the Flattening of Galaxies' Discs?
- 81+
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High School Stars in the Western sky in early evening
- Philosophaie
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High School Why Do Planets Travel in Elliptical Orbits Around the Sun?
- Philosophaie
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Graduate Confused about Imaging in Astronomy
- cepheid
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Undergrad Solar Wind and Its Impact on Planets
- Ranger Mike
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High School How Can You Identify Meteorites?
- TFM
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Graduate Mysterious Motion of Galaxy Clusters Detected
- wolram
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Graduate Calculating Observable Universe Mass in the Lambda-CDM Model
- Orion1
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Graduate Building a Universe: Is Matter, Energy Purley Information?
- wolram
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Undergrad What are the benefits of using interferometry for exoplanet hunting?
- Arch2008
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Graduate Could Dark Matter Form Planets and Stars?
- sanman
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Graduate Is the Universe Homogeneous or Isotropic?
- biggiekjac
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Undergrad What Prevents Air from Flowing Out of Earth's Atmosphere?
- kky
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Graduate Can Dark Matter Be Utilized for New Technologies and Applications?
- sanman
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Graduate Large-scale Cosmic Flows & Moving Dark Energy: Beltran Jimenez & Maroto
- wolram
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Graduate Big Bang vs Black Hole Singularity: Matter Compressed?
- TalonD
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Forensic Reconstruction of Copernicus' Face
- Aether
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High School A star for every grain of sand.
- nicodopolis
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Undergrad What Atmosphere Would a Metal Planet Have?
- TheBlacksmith
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High School Can a Lost Space Toolbag be Filmed from Earth?
- robphy
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Graduate How Does the Temperature of Hot Gases in Galaxies Support Dark Matter Evidence?
- j-lee00
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High School Can anyone here please tell me about the sun dying?
- questura
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Undergrad Are All Stars Struggling with the Coronal Heating Problem?
- spidey
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Undergrad Understanding how energy disappears
- esvion
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Graduate Eccentricity & GR precession; Mercury vs. GPB
- RandallB
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