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New Special Issue: Dark Energy in GRG Journal
- Atakor
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Graduate Cosmological Constant in mks units
- robousy
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Graduate Questions on mass-to-light ratio
- Niles
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Undergrad Experience with the program 'Gaussfit'
- NoobixCube
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Graduate Proper distance at time of emission
- Niles
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Graduate Object that we can observe where all 3 types of redshifts
- Sanjay87
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Where is the Penrose lecture with the dry erase board notes?
- Sparky_
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Graduate ESF release on tapping early universe (23 May)
- marcus
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Graduate Calculating the cosmological constant from scratch
- marcus
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Graduate What's the implication of calulationing the apparent angular sizes of a galaxy
- aristurtle
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Undergrad Can a hyperbolic orbit return to perihelion?
- Ignition
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Graduate Angle deflection from gravitational lenses
- Niles
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Undergrad Other factors besides greenhouse gases in global temperatures
- Jimmy Snyder
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Graduate Tethered galaxy problem reconsidered
- jonmtkisco
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Graduate SOHO Observed Solar Inflow Events: What's the Explanation?
- AdamNailor
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Graduate A spectacular new way for stars to die
- SF
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Undergrad Why Don't Low Mass Stars Progress Beyond Helium Burning?
- vertices
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Graduate Do Planets and Stars Have a Net Charge and How Can It Be Measured?
- Buckeye
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Undergrad Transfer function to state space manually
- raedbenz
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Graduate Would a laser reflect off a neutron star surface?
- Maniax
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Graduate Is there a maximum size for a black hole?
- alex1819
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Graduate General relativity's physical attributes are frame-dependent
- jonmtkisco
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Graduate Penrose on YouTube, before bang cosmology, eight episodes October 2007
- marcus
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High School Why Do People Believe in the Big Bang Theory?
- xratx
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Undergrad Conservation of Energy: Wave Pool in Universe?
- mikesvenson
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Graduate How did the universe escape from being a black hole at the Big Bang?
- Bill Minerick
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Graduate Is dark energy from cosmic Hawking radiation?
- jal
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Graduate Space-like intervals and the ergoregion
- stevebd1
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Graduate Does the universe's expansion affect distances in the solar system?
- SF
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Missing matter found in deep space
- bassplayer142
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Graduate Was There Really a Billion Lightyear-Wide Void in the Sky?
- marcus
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Graduate What is the Best Way Forward in Astrophysics?
- wolram
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Graduate Does the WMAP immage show the edge of the universe?
- big prairie
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Graduate Determining Hubble Constant and Scale Factor of Universe
- weldon
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Graduate Non-Gaussianity Analysis on WMAP Data
- jal
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Graduate Does the cosmic web change the matter and dark energy fractions?
- g33kski11z
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Graduate Can loop quantum gravity see before the Bang?
- gtimespace
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Graduate How Can Democracy Handle Complex Scientific Issues?
- Wallace
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Graduate Congrats to Turbo on A Catalogue of M51 type Galaxy Associations
- marcus
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Undergrad Can Black Holes Revert Back Into Stars?
- Rawrrawrel
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Graduate Comet impact theory for Pluto's orbit and moons
- Jaramo1
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Graduate Why Is the Scalefactor 1 Today?
- Niles
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Graduate Gamma ray particle lifetime and behavior over cosmological timescales
- peter kool
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Graduate Microwave BG vs Expansion vs Hydrogen Microwave Emission
- Buckeye
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Undergrad Ways to create artificial gravity in spacecraft
- TheMuses
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High School Take a Picture of Big Bang - Clarifying Questions
- neatoizer
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Graduate Rocky Kolb's top 10 Questions about the Universe
- humanino
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Undergrad Why doesn't the reaction force cancel gravity in circular orbits?
- kyin01
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Undergrad Ordinary Energy - Is it Chopped Liver?
- Fluxman
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High School How do we know the Sun orbits the Galaxy?
- Dertulm01
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Graduate Stellar Evolution: After Hydrogen Exhaustion
- vertices
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If theres matter in the universe
- Denton
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Graduate Finding advice on polishing 200mm f/6 primary mirrors in Middle Tennessee
- montoyas7940
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Graduate On the physical basis of cosmic time
- Garth
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Where can I find astronomy exercises?
- koyote
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High School Can We Overcome Mars' Harsh Conditions for Human Habitation?
- AnthreX
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High School Are Our Atoms Stardust or Nuclear Waste?
- Holocene
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Undergrad Starting aerospace engineering at Texas A&M
- Texag
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Graduate Definition of Mass in Vacuum of Space
- Buckeye
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Graduate Do black holes create antimatter from matter?
- nuby
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Graduate Can Electrons Propel Spacecraft to Near Light-Speed?
- Durato
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Graduate Empty Space Just a quick thought you might enjoy.
- Jøhn
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High School Is There Really No Gravity in Space?
- LiqurC
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Graduate About the dimensions of the universe
- Mafarazzo
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Stargazing Choosing a first telescope under $350 for planetary detail
- Sheneron
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Graduate Inflationary framework of the universe
- The P-manator
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Undergrad Can the Universe's Shape Be Tested Like a Balloon?
- kasse
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Graduate Temperature between Galactic Structures
- JamesBrown
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High School Could light be a media for transport?
- DecliningTech
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Undergrad Why did Mars lose its magnetic field and atmosphere?
- bdrosd
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Undergrad Orbit of Comet 17P Holmes - equations
- CometDude
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Graduate Why does the moon always show the same face to Earth?
- GTrax
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Undergrad Mass and Traveling at the Speed of Light
- Lymitra
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Undergrad Is 1 e33 kg the Minimum Mass of a Black Hole?
- DB
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Undergrad Parsecs, trigonometric parallax and light years
- Auron87
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High School Is the center of the universe constantly changing?
- Igotquestions
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Undergrad The red shift - what does it indicate?
- kasse
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Graduate Closest distance between two conics (ellipse,hyp.,par.)
- petra
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Graduate How to Calculate Earth’s Number Density: Iron vs Proton Mass Method
- Planters99
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Graduate Does the Article Debunk the Big Bang Theory?
- kasse
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Graduate Equal amounts of what we call matter and antimatter
- Ed Aboud
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Graduate The Impact of Solar Mass Loss on Earth's Orbit
- Ian
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Graduate Is the coasting universe consistent with observed comoving recession velocities?
- jonmtkisco
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Undergrad How do we know that the universe expands?
- kasse
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Graduate Determinism from least action and minimal state change
- Faith In Reas
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High School Have you heard anything about AstroTech's low-cost Ritchey-Chrétien scopes?
- chemisttree
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High School What is the speed of the moon's motion?
- Timoothy
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Undergrad When is the next 13.00 Local Sidereal Time for a UK observer?
- Ulysees
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Graduate Accelerating Universe,rate Of Acc Data Needed
- 69911e
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High School Do other planets have magnetic fields?
- mdnazmulh
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Graduate How Can Galaxies Move Away from Each Other Yet Still Have Filaments?
- kasse
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Graduate Assume that on earth we see something 1 billion light years away
- mathman
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High School Mining asteroids for space construction materials
- Phy6explorer
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Building Paralleogram Mount/What is the name of this Part?
- Saladsamurai
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Graduate Why does gravity break down in galactic rotation curves?
- meemoe_uk
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Graduate How to use the metric formula for a curved sphere in cylindrical coordinates
- Niles
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Graduate Does the rotating black hole have a double or single photon sphere?
- stevebd1
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Graduate Question regarding the big bang theory
- kasse
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Undergrad Microwave radiation proves what?
- boomerang
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Undergrad Does the Universe have a centre?
- boomerang
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