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High School Examining the Accuracy of "Moon's Orbit Around Earth"

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Graduate IGC Inaugural Conference (Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos)

  • marcus
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Graduate Why Does the Sun's Surface Gravity Seem So Low Compared to Expectations?

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Graduate Entropy in a contracting universe?

  • nicktacik
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Graduate 60 efolds with no inflaton, no slow roll, no reheating-QEG's apt to be right

  • marcus
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High School What is the Astonishing Tail of Star Mira Discovered by NASA?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Undergrad Gamma Ray Bursts: Nature & Why they Last 2 Seconds

  • say_physics04
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High School Is the Sun an Ordinary or Atypical Star?

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High School How Stars are Formed - Astronomy Basics

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Undergrad What is the alternative to the concept of a singularity in cosmology?

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High School Frequency of supernovae in the universe

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Graduate Supernova types 1a and the accelerating cosmos

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Stargazing What can I get to improve telescope

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Undergrad Spacetravel: t as a function of a and d

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Stargazing Liquid Mirror Telescope: How to create a parabolic shape

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Graduate Exploring the Big Bang: The Role of Quark Collision Experiments

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Graduate How Can an Infinite Universe Expand?

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Graduate Are there any theories about why causality appears?

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Graduate What do we mean by Is the universe losing energy ?

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Are we going to continue to expand.

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Graduate What Are Gravity, Dark Matter, and Atoms?

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Graduate Can Traveling Through a Black Hole Lead to Another Dimension?

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Graduate Could the universe's energy density have been greater in the past?

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Graduate What Caused the Universe to Come Into Existence?

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Graduate How is Lorentz Contraction Manifested in a Distant Supernova?

  • japam
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Graduate Cosmology at differing values of c?

  • MarkeD
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Graduate What Are Some Recommended Graduate Level Texts on Stellar Spectroscopy?

  • RJ Emery
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Undergrad Gravitational Waves: Origin & Mass Impact

  • vs_cygnus
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Undergrad Question re: Planets Facing Each Other

  • JorgeMedinero
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Graduate Let's try something-let me know if you have difficulty

  • marcus
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Graduate A white dwarf formed by a supernova, possible?

  • RetardedBastard
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Undergrad How Can You Calculate the Area of Light Hitting a Dome?

  • laminatedevildoll
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Graduate When was the last time all inner planets aligned in our solar system?

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate How cant EM wawe escape from a black hole?

  • fresnelspot
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Undergrad Moon's Escape Point: Beyond Earth's Gravity

  • H8wm4m
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Undergrad Water found on distant planet (hot Jupiter at 63 LY)

  • marcus
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Graduate Is Consciousness a Process Inherent in the Universe?

  • alexsok
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Graduate Using JPL Horizons to Obtain Inertial Positions and Velocities: A Tutorial

  • playmobil
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Graduate Wright's 'best fit' universe does not expand out into empty space

  • marcus
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Undergrad What is the accepted diameter of the universe?

  • Voltage
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Graduate How Could Quantum Foam Shape Our Understanding of the Cosmos?

  • Steve1
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Do you unfriend people on Facebook/Myspace?

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Graduate Black Holes & Light: Can Gravitational Force Exceed Speed of Light?

  • Liger20
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What will be the after effects of the suns polar magnetic shifts?

  • scarfox
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Undergrad Black Hole Radius: Facts & Theory

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Undergrad Does the Saros Cycle Provide Accurate Eclipse Predictions Across Time?

  • lewis198
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Graduate Model a Cooling Sphere: Finding Resources

  • MarkL
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Graduate Will cosmic microwave background disappear?

  • maris205
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Graduate Another paper helping to clarify expansion-congrats, authors :-)

  • marcus
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What is the empty space in an unopened 2 liter bottle of soda?

  • ggh
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Stargazing Great Canary Telescope - First Light

  • Astronuc
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High School UFO-Inspired Future Spacecraft: Faster Than Mach 4?

  • Mackay1011
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Graduate Is this line element known to anyone ?

  • Mentz114
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Graduate Selecting a Recent Space/Astro Physics Research Topic

  • Huma waseem
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Graduate How does the age of the Universe relate to the Big Bang theory?

  • Thor
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Explore the Universe with Galaxy Zoo

  • J77
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Graduate Expanding Space: the Root of all Evil?

  • marcus
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Graduate Redshift 9, oldest galaxies seen yet

  • marcus
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Undergrad Question regarding sun/moon angle

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Undergrad Does Superconductivity Occur in Outer Space?

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate The Mystery of Aurora Borealis: Electron Acceleration

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Graduate Hubble Parameter & acc. Universe

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High School What can I see with my Sky Watcher telescope?

  • james bibey
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Graduate Pre Big Bang universe discovered ?

  • DaveC426913
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How to find any naked-eye object

  • eZipSky
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Undergrad Understanding the Expansion of the Universe Through Low Mass Star Death

  • physicshelp1
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Graduate Big Bang Question: Is Our Universe Expanding Through Vacancy?

  • BJL
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Undergrad What Natural Laws Influence Human Artistic Expression?

  • performartist
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Graduate Simulating the gravitational interaction between two material points

  • Signifier
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Graduate Shining light thru the sun: evidence of axions?

  • marcus
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Graduate How would the solar system capture an extra solar planet ?

  • supag33k
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Graduate Is Our Universe Just a Preon in a Larger Cosmic Structure?

  • ziad1985
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High School Taking Pictures From Outer Space: Color or B&W?

  • brianthewhitie7
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Graduate 'Spinning' the truth about our own Moon?

  • Techstuf
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Which Planets Are Visible Today?

  • Hurkyl
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High School Why the Moon Doesn't Fall on the Earth

  • sinisha
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High School Full Moon Height: When is It Highest?

  • haiha
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Graduate without resorting to scalar fields

  • marcus
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Graduate Another Neptune in the Oort Cloud

  • Astrobuff
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Graduate Is Gravitational Radiation the Key to Unlocking Cosmology's Secrets?

  • wolram
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Graduate On the 'constantness' of Hubble's Constant

  • Brinx
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High School Liftoff for Ceres and Vesta (July 2007)

  • marcus
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Graduate Can MOND be ruled out at laboratory scale?

  • Jonathan Scott
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Graduate Lyman Page new idea for CMB observations

  • marcus
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Graduate Collapsing Stars: White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars & Singularity

  • SpitfireAce
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Undergrad Looking once around the universe

  • birulami
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Graduate MOND-related Formula in GR Calcs at Cosmological Scale

  • Jonathan Scott
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Undergrad What is the impact of the moon's mass on Earth's orbit around the sun?

  • ukmicky
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Graduate Ratio of radiaton energy to mass energy?

  • Nasher
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Graduate Are Parallel Universes Possible According to M-Theory?

  • Nasher
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Undergrad Julian Days: Guide to Formula & Calculations

  • lewis198
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Graduate The link between the cosmological constant and the higgs field

  • deneve
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Graduate Review of Dark Matter and Dark Energy by M. Kamionkowski

  • EL
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Graduate Black Holes: X-rays, Gamma Rays & Light Emission

  • Pakbabydoll
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Graduate Is the Existence of Black Holes Debated Among Astrophysicists?

  • George Jones
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Graduate What Is the Expansion Limit of Our Universe?

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High School Mirror Grinding Kits: Wave Aspect Explained

  • Saladsamurai
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Graduate Nice thumbnail sketch of Earth's future by John Baez

  • marcus
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Graduate Theoretically Possible: Opening a Wormhole to Another Location

  • Dr.Calpol3
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Undergrad Could Extraterrestrial Life Exist in Unique Environments Like Titan?

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