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Interview Someone on Black Holes

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Graduate Could there be an edge to the Universe?

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Does a Galactic Barrier Exist? Ask Here

  • McHeathen
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Stargazing How to make a telescope using simple steps?

  • asvargis
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Undergrad Which is simpler and easier to imagine?

  • marcus
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High School Distance from low earth orbit to Europa?

  • engineer23
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Graduate The void: Imprint of another universe?

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Graduate Might A Hot Jupiter Require Another Gas Giant - 3-body Problem?

  • zankaon
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Graduate Do Civilizations Exist Beyond the 20,000 Light-Year Sphere?

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Undergrad Exoplanet Hunting & Quantification: Tips & Resources

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High School Do the planets revolve on a 2d plane?

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Are There Any Cosmology Documentaries for Adults?

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Graduate Galaxies in filaments; a different evolution?

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Graduate What Caused the Big Bang and Where Did It All Begin?

  • hubertg
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Stargazing Why isn't the magnification of a telescope (-)

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Graduate Has observing the universe sealed its fate?

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Graduate Orbital Speed calculation using conservation of Energy

  • JayKo
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Undergrad Is High Speed Space Travel Feasible with the Risk of Space Debris?

  • bassplayer142
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Graduate What Surprising Discoveries Await in the Multiverse?

  • wolram
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Graduate Understanding the acceleration of solar wind particles

  • Michael Mozina
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High School Where to Find Information on Algol's Brightness Variation?

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Seeing is different than believing

  • aman malik
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High School How to Set Up an Online Observatory?

  • damajikninja
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Graduate Answer "Can a Human Become a Black Hole? Theoretically Explored

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Graduate Uncovering the Mystery of the First Three Seconds in the Big Bang

  • QuantumMechanic
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Graduate Antimatter Blackhole: What Would Happen?

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High School What Happens to Earth if Sun Becomes a Black Hole?

  • linnus
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Graduate What Are the Key Controversies in Understanding the Big Bang Theory?

  • QuantumMechanic
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Graduate Are there an infinite number of copies of the solar system?

  • fmichel04
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High School What is space, vaccuum, or nonexistence?

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Graduate Cooperstock and Tieu Respond to Criticisms

  • George Jones
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Undergrad Sunrise on Uranus: How Often at S. Pole?

  • ppatter1
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Graduate Can We Detect or Interact with Alternate Universes with Different Physical Laws?

  • adx24001
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Graduate My blackhole theory-Why is it Wrong?

  • rjbig2000
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Graduate How Do You Calculate Using the MOND Formula?

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Graduate Solving for Speed of Light Inside a Black Hole

  • Kilian
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High School A question about the Satturn rings.

  • pixel01
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High School High school sophomore interested in Astrophysics

  • The_Z_Factor
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Graduate What is the R3 Point in the Earth-Sun Lagrangian System?

  • zankaon
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Graduate Hubble parameter in early universe

  • zankaon
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Graduate What Evidence is Needed to Confirm Dark Energy's Existence?

  • Wallace
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Graduate Looking for a mainstream explanation for gamma gays and nuetron capture signatures.

  • Michael Mozina
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Graduate Detecting Black Hole accretion disc

  • zankaon
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Graduate Bounce replaces bang: articles in *Nature Physics*

  • marcus
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Graduate Is Super Mario Galaxy Physics Possible in Real Life?

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High School Is the Universe Moving? Acceleration or Stationary?

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Undergrad What is the Astronomical Definition of Eccentricity?

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High School Understanding Orbital Period: Definition, Factors, and Calculation

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Graduate How do black holes form if the Pauli Exclusion Principle seems to prevent it?

  • woody3254
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High School What keeps the atmosphere of a planet in place?

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Undergrad Is the Age of the Universe Linked to the Big Bang Event?

  • DARKSYDE
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Graduate Is Space-Time Finite or Infinite?

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Graduate God the Computer; The Universe's Code

  • Orann
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High School Is the sky map for Comet Holmes accurate?

  • DaveC426913
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Undergrad What if the Earth could be moved away from the Sun when it becomes a red giant

  • ledopmi
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Undergrad Age of Universe: T=1/H, Flat Geometry?

  • randa177
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Graduate Spectrum of flux for a synchrontron source

  • randa177
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High School What Are Population I and Population II Stars?

  • randa177
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Graduate Is Gravitational Expansion Consistent with Physical Reality?

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Undergrad Occultation of star by epsilon ring of Uranus

  • marleymang
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Undergrad Calculate Satellite Height Above Earth's Surface?

  • SashaDuma
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Undergrad Intelligent Life: Questions & Considerations

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Graduate V-I Color Index and Astronomical Catalog

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High School Ancient calculations and observations

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Graduate Is a Singularity One-Dimensional?

  • physicsx0rz
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Graduate Gravitational Expansion & Flat Universe

  • jonmtkisco
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Graduate Understanding the Closed Universe: The Expansion and Contraction of Space

  • jonmtkisco
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Graduate If observing the universe affects its duration ? (recent Krauss Dent paper)

  • marcus
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Graduate Evidence of Deccelerating Universe Through History

  • randa177
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High School Siberian Impact Crater Found: 1908 Russian Space Blast

  • Ivan Seeking
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Graduate Estimating relative distances for star clusters

  • randa177
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High School Is There Life on the Moon? The Possibility of Lunar Ice and Its Implications

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Undergrad Neutrinos in Nature: Estimating Numbers

  • randa177
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Undergrad Unraveling the Mystery of the Expanding Universe

  • newtron
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Graduate Does Interstellar Extinction Change the Angular Size of Star Clusters?

  • randa177
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Graduate Galaxy Brightness and Color Correlation: Uncovering the Math Behind

  • GleefulNihilism
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Graduate What Are the Key Insights from Friedmann Cosmology's Standard Model?

  • jonmtkisco
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Graduate WMAP tend to coincide with radio emissions from the Milky Way

  • jal
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Stargazing Solid angle acceptance of a muon telescope

  • stakhanov
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Undergrad The MAXIMUM size of the universe

  • stevemclaren
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Graduate Does Gravitational Radiation Exist?

  • wolram
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Graduate Do we know where supermassive black holes come from?

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Graduate IEEE considering electrical model of stars

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Graduate Equation for how much an object curves space-time

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Graduate Do Black Holes Emit Nuclear Particles Like Electrons and Protons?

  • spideyinspace
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High School Son's: Seeing Objects from Earth

  • davidschmid10
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Graduate Critique of Mainstream Cosmology

  • Garth
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Graduate Luminosity-Metallicity Relations in Spiral Galaxies.

  • GleefulNihilism
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Can someone tell me what this is please?

  • ocpaul20
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Graduate Dark Matter: Canadian Astronomers Suggest It May Not Exist

  • Ivan Seeking
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Undergrad Difficulty in understanding a Rocket travelling in space.

  • malty
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Graduate The Big Bang and the Mysteries of the Expanding Universe

  • Art
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Graduate Manifold and Metric: Answers to Your Questions

  • princeton118
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Graduate Is there an unambiguous 'Dark Energy' signal in the relevant astronomical data?

  • Nereid
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Graduate Black Holes May Contain Tiny Universe - Nariai Universes

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Undergrad Understanding Black Holes: Comparing Mass Calculation Methods

  • Eternalmetal
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Graduate Complete Hill Sphere Derivation: Learn the Equation and its Derivation Process

  • Tefeari
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Graduate Hill Sphere Formula: Understanding, Mass, Twin Planets, Eccentricity

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High School How can I write a 5 page paper on the origin of the solar system?

  • SolarSystHelp
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Identifying Objects in the Solar System

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