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Undergrad Reason for matter rather than antimatter?

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High School Phys.org - Carbon creation finding set to rock astrophysics

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Undergrad Preprocessing FIT Files to Bias and Flat Correction Using Python Script

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Undergrad What "space" is used in defining cosmological distributions?

  • Stephen Tashi
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Undergrad Black Hole Event Horizon Hypothesis

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Undergrad Qs re the behavior of atoms after decoupling completed

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Undergrad Which will be brighter when it supernovas - Eta Carinae or Betelgeuse?

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Graduate Confusion in Angular diameter distance

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Undergrad Do Black Holes Exist? | Physics & Stephen Hawking

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Graduate Are topological defects such as domain walls really discontinuous?

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High School Why is an inverse logarithmic scale chosen for the magnitudes of stars?

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Stargazing Observations and telescope/microscope design questions

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Undergrad Can LIGO Detect Gravity Waves from Directly Above or Below?

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Undergrad Red shift / Blue Shift - Gravity Well Roundtrip

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Undergrad What is the density of hydrogen atoms in the Universe?

  • Buzz Bloom
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High School What is the relative speed of two groups of quasars with different redshifts?

  • CosmologyHobbyist
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Undergrad Apparent distance to far galaxies

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High School There's Gold in Them Neutron Stars - or - Maybe Not

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Undergrad Object in or out of a circular field of view? (celestial coordinate system)

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High School If a coronal ejection like this happened during a total eclipse ....

  • swampwiz
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Undergrad Is a Robust Estimate of Tau Ceti 'f' Albedo Possible?

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Undergrad Rotation rates of planets seem odd?

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High School Measuring distance between two stars in a binary system

  • TheCelt
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High School Is there a forum where people can share and discuss features on Mars?

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Graduate Experimental test of shrinking matter theory?

  • jcap
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Undergrad Multiple Universes Coming into Contact

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Undergrad Converting "Luminosity per unit wavelength" to "Luminosity per unit frequency"

  • Lizard
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Undergrad Question Regarding Determining the Mass of Venus

  • astropi
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Undergrad What powers the quasar magnetic beams that power jets?

  • CosmologyHobbyist
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Undergrad Material source of the quasar redshift

  • CosmologyHobbyist
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Undergrad What are the names of these 2 craters on Mars....

  • CosmologyHobbyist
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High School Is the Big Bang only about the observable Universe?

  • kuartus4
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Undergrad What kind of matter formed Primordial Blackholes?

  • Mlesnita Daniel
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Undergrad New Hubble Paper On Lensing In Galactic Clusters

  • ohwilleke
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High School Questions about the Curvaton particle

  • windy miller
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High School What is the definition of a black hole?

  • JoeyJoystick
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Undergrad What is the correct way to calculate the area of the sky in square degrees?

  • Phys12
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High School Finding the present day distance to a galaxy

  • tovisonnenberg
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Undergrad What happens if a strangelet falls in to a black hole?

  • Foxy
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Stargazing Apparent vs actual position of stars

  • Dmstifik8ion
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Graduate Accelerated Hubble expansion -- Is the second derivative positive?

  • The Count
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High School Can Time Truly Flow Backwards in Quantum Physics and Cosmology?

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Stargazing Sun observation (Gregor / Teneriffa)

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Undergrad Effect of Dark Matter on fast moving bodies

  • Thomas Sturm
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High School Tidal Locking question about the Earth-Moon system

  • Swamp Thing
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High School Question about the size of atoms as time progressed

  • Kuni
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Undergrad Remains of collapsed stars as touching binary planets?

  • dconnell
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Stargazing Possibility of detection of Earth approaching objects by gravity?

  • Sven E
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High School Are there any blue shifted galaxies name rc2?

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High School Why does our Universe have more electrons than positrons?

  • Leo Liu
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High School Dark matter does not interact with ordinary matter....

  • etotheipi
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Stargazing Spotting Comet NEOWISE with Naked Eyes: A Spectacular Visual Experience!

  • George Jones
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Graduate Binnig's fractal evolution applied to multiple universes?

  • Suekdccia
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Undergrad Laws Before Big Bang or After Big Bang

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High School The accelerated expansion of the universe; redshift and time/distance

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Undergrad Does a particular star's brightness change throughout the year?

  • KurtLudwig
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Undergrad What Key Issues Should Cosmologists Address in the ΛCDM Model?

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High School Unraveling the Mysteries of Dark Gravity

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Undergrad Speculative Term in Drake's Equation

  • Buzz Bloom
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Undergrad Effects of hydrogen anions in the solar atmosphere

  • sciFax
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Undergrad Why can you not describe massive neutrinos with a temperature?

  • Phys12
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Undergrad Glass bottle with a prolonged neck that continues into the inner space

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High School By what process do different sized stars form?

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High School Mars Terraforming: NASA & Beyond - Plans & Prospects

  • Gear300
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High School Largest Moon With A Concave Orbit

  • 1977ub
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Old Astronomy Book Predicts the Kuiper Belt

  • Mikestone
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Stargazing Using DSLR movies for Astro Image stacking application

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Undergrad Does gravity affect aging on different planets?

  • John SpaceY
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Undergrad Magnitude limits for active galactic nuclei

  • snorkack
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Undergrad Does the expansion of the Universe affect orbiting bodies?

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High School UV timelapse of the Sun in 4K, 52 min = 1 second

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High School Why is the momentum of a star equal to the momentum of a planet?

  • Saloed
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Undergrad Understanding the Discrepancy: Why Does the Moon Have Less Gravity Than Earth?

  • Pierre Ordinaire
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Undergrad How do we observe the CMB at all?

  • Phys12
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High School A Meritable Veritable Time Paradox?

  • Gear300
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Undergrad What proof do we have that the universe is homogenous?

  • Phys12
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High School Question re binary star systems & possible orbits

  • Kate_C
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Undergrad Are stable orbits possible between Mars and Jupiter?

  • Albertgauss
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High School Low entropy early Universe and the heat death musings

  • martix
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Graduate Can Cosmic Strings Trigger Vacuum Decay?

  • Trollfaz
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Stargazing The Curse of Elon Musk: Redirect Satellites to Sun or His Backyard?

  • davenn
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Undergrad Can you See Neighboring Asteroids from an asteroid?

  • Albertgauss
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Graduate Oddly specific question for help regarding a satellite in a shadow

  • spaceiscoolright
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Undergrad Are Intensity and Magnitude independent of the radius of a star?

  • Lucy_1192
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High School What effect will SpaceX's 42K satellites have on astrononical viewing?

  • swampwiz
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Undergrad Reionization and the free-flow of light

  • Ranku
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High School The Coronal Heating Problem - The Hydrogen Fusion Core disappears?

  • Gfellow
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Undergrad How Does The Cosmic Microwave Background Show That The Universe is Expanding?

  • Rodrigo Olivera
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Stargazing Planetary orbits -- Why do planets orbit at same “level”?

  • Josh0768
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High School Mining asteroids for minerals and resources?

  • ElliotSmith
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Undergrad What causes Kuiper/Ort cloud objects to become comets?

  • Albertgauss
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High School Rationale behind certain aspects of Space exploration

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Undergrad Is Negative Dark Energy Density a Valid Concept in Universe Models?

  • Arman777
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Stargazing Assessment of astronomical numbers like those of Proxima Centauri

  • cjackson
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Graduate Exploring Minkowski: A Multi-Dimensional Grid for Studying Other Spaces?

  • homerwho
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Undergrad Meaning of the inertial energy density

  • Arman777
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High School Star Photography: Can We See Stars as Disks?

  • thetexan
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Graduate The Cosmological Principle means infinite Observable Universes

  • chasmanian
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High School Expansion of the Universe and the fourth dimension

  • Mingfei Li
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High School Would lightning be possible on brown dwarfs?

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