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High School Discover the Maximum Wavelength of M101 Visible to the Naked Eye

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Undergrad Habiting Planets: Is It Possible?

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Graduate What Could Have Happened Before the Big Bang Theory?

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Graduate Einstein-deSitter Expansion Questions v.2

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Undergrad Supernova in Our Galaxy: Impact on Earth and Frequency of Occurrence

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Undergrad White Dwarf GD 362 - signs of earthlike planets

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Graduate Is a toroidal black hole possible?

  • Meatbot
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Experience the Magic of Across The Universe - A Must-See Film!

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Graduate Parallel Universes: The Mind-Boggling Reality Confirmed by Oxford Scientists

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Graduate Einstein-deSitter Expansion Questions

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Undergrad What is the Relationship Between the Age and Size of the Universe?

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Graduate Quantum Gravity Explained: What It Is and Resources to Learn More

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Graduate How do QG people evolve particles into the theory?

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High School Can You Hunt for Comets? Understanding the Art of Comet Hunting

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Graduate The spacetime landscape of a black hole

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Graduate Measuring Red Shift with Accuracy

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Graduate Quantum Mechanics and the Universe

  • Luke987
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Graduate Does Spacetime Curve Into Hidden Dimensions? Understanding Curvature

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Undergrad What limits the ability to directly image distant objects with telescopes?

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Graduate Earliest time of light emission after Big Bang

  • sir_manning
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High School Request: comet projectory calculating tool

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Doomsday Scenarios: What Astronomical Process Poses Greatest Risk?

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Dark matter revealed in video feedback

  • Roger Zimmerman
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Graduate Lambda contibutes to bending (says Wolfgang Rindler)

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Undergrad U think that the univers is realy expanding? think again

  • darkness_limits
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Graduate How to Calculate Orbital Approach and Docking in the Presence of a Gravity Well?

  • MonstersFromTheId
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Graduate Is the Fabric of Spacetime a Physical Object?

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High School Suggested Book Recommendations for High School Physics Project

  • AFG34
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High School Civilizations in other galaxies?

  • Holocene
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Graduate Cold Dark Matter: Bottom-Up vs. Top-Down Structure Formation

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Graduate Does vacuum energy rely on the existence of matter?

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Graduate What would a black dwarf be like?

  • Meatbot
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High School Astronomy: Get Started with a Telescope Under £250

  • RZero
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Graduate Solidifying space mirrors in space?

  • RGClark
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Graduate Creating a Black Hole: Possible?

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High School Why does planets hav eliptical orbits

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Stargazing Can You Capture Colors on Consecutive Nights with a Telescope?

  • russ_watters
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Graduate Solving Specific Intensity: A Beginner's Guide

  • astronut
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Graduate Field of Eschatology pertaining to the binary star Wormwood

  • Vericero
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Graduate Uncovering the Mysteries of the Universe: Big Bang Questions Answered

  • Pavel
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Graduate Alternative to the big bang [new scientist]

  • matthyaouw
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High School Planet & Moon Rotation: Questions Answered for 5th Grade Student

  • Gary Hutton
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Undergrad Is Additional Speed Beyond Orbital Velocity Needed for Escape?

  • menager31
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Graduate Is the Universe Really Flat Despite the Existence of Gravity?

  • PhanthomJay
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Graduate Is the Universe Flat and What Does That Mean for Its Geometry?

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Undergrad Moon Stopping Velocity & Impact Force: How Long Would It Take?

  • sskakam
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Graduate Gravitational Lensing and Frequency-Dependent Light Travel Time

  • wolram
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High School Toys in Space: Designing for Astronauts

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Graduate Bojo in Nature Physics July issue, probing before bigbang with quantum cosmology

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Undergrad What Causes Voids in the Expanding Universe?

  • linda123
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Graduate How long would we live without the sun

  • Alex Nesh
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Graduate Do Non-Rotating Neutron Stars Exist?

  • cosmic_tears
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Graduate Trying to Understand Time Dilaton

  • RJ Emery
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Comets Heading Towards Earth: True or False?

  • kusha02
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Undergrad Problem with the theories about the Sun and the planets

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Undergrad Why do some people deny the evidence for the Big Bang Theory?

  • nicktacik
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Graduate What is the role of negative gravity in the Big Bang theory?

  • TR345
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Graduate Is the Universe Drawn to a Cosmic Black Hole for a New Beginning?

  • navid legoon
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Graduate What's Wrong with My Pet Theory of Cosmology?

  • SeriousEngine
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Graduate QG Light Time Arrivals & Swiss Cheese Effect

  • wolram
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Undergrad How does the moon's gravity affect the orbit of the ISS?

  • PeterHarrison84
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Undergrad Is Primary Focus Magnification the Same as Focal Distance Equivalent in Optics?

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Graduate Have some ideas looking for feedback

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Stargazing I Am Cursed Ack Fi My New Telescope hates me

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Graduate Sharper than Hubble, from the ground.

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Graduate Can Planets Be Entirely Liquid and Still Viable in Space?

  • EnumaElish
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Graduate Are all lines through space also loops?

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Only 1 hour to the Aurigids meteor shower (storm?)

  • tony873004
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Where Can I Find a Map of Our Galaxy?

  • The Bob
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Undergrad Background radiation and photons

  • Theraven1982
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High School What Triggered the Big Bang and Created Our Universe?

  • quantum123
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Graduate Modern Cosmology: Science or Folktale?

  • quantum123
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Graduate Apparent contradiction with orbital mechanics

  • ee78
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High School Say Hi to Space in 24 Hours: Hover in a Helicopter

  • perfectz
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Graduate Can LQC explain the bounce of black holes?

  • wolram
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Graduate Vacuum Energy and Dark Energy: Are They One and the Same?

  • dilletante
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Stargazing Did You Know the Moon Dances for Us Every Month?

  • Janus
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Stargazing Are You Prepared for the Upcoming Lunar Eclipse?

  • Gokul43201
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High School Will Mars Really Look as Big as the Moon on August 27, 2007?

  • HiggsBoson
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Undergrad Question: Mass distribution in galaxies

  • grouchyone
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High School The Fascinating Truth About the Moon's Monthly Orbit Around the Earth

  • Howers
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Graduate Hubble's Constant: Calculating Expansion Rate

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Graduate Singularity (Wikipedia and Mathworld definitions)

  • marcus
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High School The Universe - books for youngsters (?)

  • KnockAr0und
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Graduate Hawking Radiation: Does an Astronaut Ever Cross the Horizon?

  • Puffin
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Graduate The Sun's Final Form: Radius, Mass & Composition

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Graduate What Causes Symbiotic Novae to Re-Explode?

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Graduate Big Bang and absolute simultaneity

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Graduate Could MAGIC IACT Reveal Insights into Quantum Gravity?

  • marcus
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Graduate How do intense magnetic fields cause photons to split or merge?

  • RJ Emery
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Graduate Observing the universe existing simultaneously with us

  • incandescent
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Graduate Could a collision cause Venus to rotate prograde?

  • Alex Nesh
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Graduate I've got an idea that i would like some help developing

  • «John»
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Undergrad Who was Ralph Alpher and what impact did he have on the world of physics?

  • robphy
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Stargazing Which Telescope Should I Buy for Astrophotography and Viewing?

  • Saladsamurai
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Graduate Three video-talks on the CMB and structure of universe

  • marcus
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Graduate Are we just a simulation? (Woit's message to the overlords: Dont turn us off)

  • marcus
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Graduate Supermassive blackholes and galaxy formation.

  • Benzoate
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Undergrad Number 47: Uncovering Universe's Basic Structure

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