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Identifying Objects in the Solar System

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Graduate How big can a body get (size wize) before it collapses onto itslef?

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Graduate Would a black hole create a wormhole in space?

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Graduate Finding AGB Star Phases: Modeling S-Process in a Helium Shell Burning Region

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Graduate What Lies Beyond the Edge of the Universe?

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Graduate What Happened to the Energy from Matter/Anti-Matter Annihilation?

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Is There Real Evidence for the Moon Landing?

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High School Please recommend books for layperson?

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Graduate Is the Evidence for Dark Energy Secure?

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Undergrad Explore the Night Sky with an Online Planetarium at Astronomy-Page.com

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Undergrad Calculating Circumpolar Star Declination for Different Latitudes

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High School Beginners Questions about Astronomy

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Graduate G from cosmological measurements

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High School Can Carbon Nanotubes Make Space Elevators a Reality?

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Graduate An way to visualize dark matters effects on space-time?

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Graduate Thought Experiment on Dark Matter

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High School Get Astronomy Homework Help for Confusing Problems - Due Tomorrow Morning!

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Graduate What is the elusive origin of gravity?

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High School Agol, Interesting objects in Perseus.

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Undergrad Does Increasing Density Increase Gravity?

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Undergrad What Are the Latest Discoveries in the Search for Earth-like Exoplanets?

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Graduate What Is the Universe's Topology According to Recent Research?

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High School Which Books Are Best for Beginners in Cosmology?

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Graduate Question about the Horizon Problem

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Graduate Data on galaxies -good references ?

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Undergrad Types of Supernovae: How to Distinguish Them

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Graduate Singularity/Expanding Universe questions

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High School Space Temperature: Is There a Temperature in Space?

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Graduate Is Faster-Than-Light Travel the Key to Interplanetary Exploration?

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Stargazing Looking for advice on telescope

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Undergrad Solar Wind Flux: Electron/Proton Count Reaching Earth

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Undergrad Weight dependent on planet size and rotation speed?

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Undergrad Starting in Cosmology: Understanding the Role of Physics and GR

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Stargazing Is there a DSLR with programmable frame rate for sequential shots?

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Graduate Miniprobes for interstellar exploration

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High School Why Does the Aurora Only Occur in the North Pole?

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High School Is the Milky Way Really a Spiral Galaxy?

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High School Can Dark Matter and Dark Energy Be Used to Explain Superhero Powers?

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Is the Rocket Equation Holding Back Space Shuttle Safety?

  • ScienceGurl
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Undergrad Fusion in the Sun: Neutrons or Neutrinos – What is Produced?

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Undergrad Does the Sun's fusion reaction produce neutrons or neutrinos?

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Graduate Can Andromeda Detect Earth's Past with a Giant Telescope?

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Graduate Highest Energy Cosmic Rays Linked to Violent Black Holes

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Graduate What Happens When a Black Hole Evaporates Below its Schwarzschild Radius?

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Graduate Why Do Scientists Believe in the Existence of Wormholes?

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Graduate Confused about Metallicity Measurement in Milky Way

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Graduate Discussing Arp's Cosmology: Issues & Evidence

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High School Matter & Space: Interaction & Occupancy

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High School Is the Universe Actually Spiky Instead of Smooth?

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Graduate Solving the Dispute: Criticism of Hartle-Hawking Model Explained

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Stargazing Neutrino Telescopes may have nothing to see

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What is the Naked Eye Comet in Perseus?

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Graduate What is the Estimated Local Star Formation Rate and How Accurate is it?

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Graduate Upper limit on the rest mass of neutrinos if. .

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Undergrad Question about the obliquity of the ecliptic

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Undergrad Questioning the big bang theory.

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Graduate Is the Universe Actually a Cosmic Computer?

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Undergrad What Happens in Black and White Holes?

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Graduate Photon Energy vs. Red Shift, Inflation Theory, Acceleration

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Graduate Meaning of cosmological constant ?

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Graduate Cause of Quasar Wind: The Mystery

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Graduate Does the Big Bang Theory Break Down at the Planck Time?

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High School Does a Black hole emit anything?

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Graduate Hubble's Redshift: Conclusions and Vacuum Solutions

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Undergrad How Much difference b2in theoritical and experimental astrophysics?

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High School Why do planets revolve in elliptical orbits?

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Undergrad Albedo and reflected light from the moon

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Graduate How Can We See the Universe's Past if We Are Made from It?

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Graduate Does the Confusing Supernova Challenge the Big Bang Theory?

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Graduate Is the Big Bang Theory a Foolhardy Extrapolation?

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Graduate Big Bang and the Second Law of Thermodynamics

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High School What Pulls the Sun? Understanding Gravitational Pull and Mass Effect

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Graduate Can Future Civilizations Harness Entropy to Survive in an Expanding Universe?

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Graduate What is the ultimate fate of the universe?

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High School Does a planets orbit ever go chaotic?

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Stargazing Non-Magnifying Telescope Lenses: Components & Effects

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Graduate Friedmann Cosmology at T < 1 second

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Is Earth at Risk from Rogue Black Holes?

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High School What Does Expanding Universe Mean?

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Undergrad Universe expansion -> t = - inifinite

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Graduate Question on gravitational lensing

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Graduate Another hawking radiation question

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High School Gravity & Big Bang: Can Matter Escape Its Own Pull?

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Graduate Can a Photon's Energy Approach Zero?

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Undergrad A Parallel Planet: Discovering Unseen Worlds

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Graduate Friiedman Fun Facts to know and tell

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High School Planets and Stars: Will Our Sun Orbit Bodies With Greater Gravity?

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Graduate What are the unexpected aspects of cosmology?

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High School Asteroid Database: Find Objects with RA, Dec & Julian Date

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Graduate Are Wormholes at the End of Black Holes a Possible Theory?

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Graduate Can Energy Compression Create a Black Hole?

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High School Edwin Hubble's Redshift and the Hubble Space Telescope

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Is the Space Station Being Decommissioned?

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Graduate Big Bang and Big Rip Theory: Is Expansion the End?

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Graduate Is There an Infinite Number of Universes in Infinity Itself?

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Graduate Objects Entering Black Holes: The "Spaghetti" Effect

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Stargazing Gaze the Stars: Tips for High Schooler Stargazing in OC

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High School Electron, Atom, Planet, Star: Do All Galaxies Orbit a Single Mass?

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What is the estimated age of the Kebira crater in Libya?

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