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Graduate Which Statements about Cold and Hot Dark Matter are Incorrect?

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Undergrad Brightest supernova ever observed

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Graduate What is the true definition of proper distance in cosmology?

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Graduate Cosmology: Is Universe Finite or Unbounded?

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Graduate Is Expansion Force Real or Just a Cosmic Illusion?

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High School Universe Expansion: How Fast Is It?

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Graduate How can tidal friction on Earth affect the Moon?

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Graduate What Are the Possible Changes in the Fine Structure Constant in the Past?

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Graduate Bill Thomson, Harold Jeffreys and Dark Stuff

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High School What is the term for light from the dark part of the moon facing earth

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Graduate Expanding Universe: Cosmologists Observations & Questions

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Undergrad Dark Matter: Info and Math Equations

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Graduate Can I Ignite a Star with 1.1 kg of Mass?

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Graduate How to Calculate the Readout Noise of a CCD?

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Most earthlike exoplanet yet (ESO team 23 April)

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Undergrad Atmospheric Refraction vs Height

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Graduate Where Did the Energy from Early Universe Radiation Go?

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Graduate Scale Factor Ratio: Z Value at End of Inflationary Era

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Graduate Could a Spinning Star Defy Gravitational Collapse?

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Graduate Gravitons and Photons: Engineer's Questions

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Graduate Gravitational Redshift Contribution to Quasar Redshift: Explaining Hubbles Law

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Graduate Why the universe is not a black hole (merged)

  • Roy Edmundson
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Graduate Is Self Creation Cosmology a Viable Alternative to the Standard Model?

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Graduate Polarization of Light: Astrophysical Processes & Mechanisms

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Wikisky.org - beautiful views of the universe

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High School Size of the Universe Speech Help

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Is Dark Matter the Key to Solving Galactic Mysteries?

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Graduate Where is the Cosmological Event Horizon in the LCDM model?

  • marcus
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Graduate E=MC2 vs The End: Can Energy Ever Truly Be Destroyed?

  • Zenparticle
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Graduate What expands if there's no rubber?

  • marcus
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Graduate If two white-dwarf stars combined together,there will be supernova?which type?-

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High School How Can a Beginner Start Learning Astrophysics and What Math is Required?

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Undergrad Could computer simulations lead to discovering new laws of the universe?

  • bassplayer142
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Number of Observed Galaxies | Glynis' Question

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Undergrad Space Travel Possible? Avoiding Collisions & Risks

  • Fletcher
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Graduate Discovering Dark Energy and Dark Matter in a Single Galaxy

  • wolram
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Graduate Uncovering the Mysteries of the Sun and its Relationship with Earth

  • Poita
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Graduate Atmospheric Absorption of Starlight

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Graduate How can we see the cosmic background radiation?

  • FizX
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High School Origin of Radio Waves: An Explanation

  • Glynis
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Graduate Does the Coupling Between Space and Matter Affect the Expansion of Our Universe?

  • wolram
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High School Why Did NASA Rename Its Astrophysics Division to Universe?

  • marcus
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Graduate Ekpyrotic Model: Explaining Big Bang Before It Happened

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Graduate Can dark energy be explained by superconductors?

  • wolram
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Graduate Humans can maybe create a universe

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High School Why is a Comet More Dangerous Than an Asteroid?

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Undergrad Inflation (The evolution of the Universe)

  • Bart
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Undergrad OK. So was the Big Bang the beginning or not?

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Graduate Sad disconnect at Cosmic Variance blog-how not to discuss

  • marcus
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Graduate Why Is LCDM Preferred Over VSL in Modern Cosmology?

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High School Debating Jupiter's Planet Status: Is It Just a Giant Bubble of Gas?

  • Nuklear
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Help with Strange Photos of the Sun

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Graduate Can naked singularity actually move the space craft in PAST?

  • Huma waseem
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High School Hexagon on Saturn: NASA Investigates

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Undergrad What was the true significance of Roemer's measurement of the speed of light?

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Graduate Estimating the ratio of flux of sunlight to moonlight (at full moon)

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Graduate Velocity of rotation at the edge of the Galaxies

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Undergrad Absolute Magnitudes for Cepheids

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Graduate Where Did the Electrons Come From in Big Bang Nucleosynthesis?

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Graduate Is Empty Space Beyond the Universe Influencing Its Expansion?

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Chris Hillman plaintalk summary of today's GPB announcement

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Graduate Radiative equilibrium in near-Earth space

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High School Comet Decay: Understanding the Forces Impacting It

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Graduate How Did Quantum Fluctuations Initiate the Big Bang?

  • FeynmanMH42
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Graduate What Are the Latest Insights on Spiral Galaxy Formation Theories?

  • wolram
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Graduate Where are the Rules of the Universe Stored?

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Undergrad How does dark matter clump together?

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Graduate Why Is Heat Distribution Unequal in the Expanding Universe?

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Mysterious Orange Light in the Sky

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Graduate What is the Ultimate Source of Energy in the Universe?

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Graduate Further looks bigger beyond z = 1.6

  • marcus
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Graduate What Insights Can We Gain from M87's Jet Observations?

  • RJ Emery
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Graduate Do Exotic Matter Stars Exist? New Study Offers Insights

  • wolram
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Undergrad Can Mars Effect the Asteroid Belt?

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Graduate Could gravity's strength also require denisty as an alternative to MOND

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Graduate Calculating the redshift at which radiation energy density equaled mass density

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Graduate Imaginary Engine: Dark Matter & Super Symmetry Needed

  • wolram
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High School The Universe's Scale: Galaxies, Stars, and Beyond

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Graduate The Science of the Universe: Best Papers and Testable Results

  • wolram
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What Does the NYtimes Reveal About Dark Matter and Energy?

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Graduate What Were the Early Theories on the Accelerating Universe?

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Graduate A third dimensional object has length, width and height

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Graduate Superluminal recession speed is common

  • marcus
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Graduate What Was the Universe Before Big Bang?

  • pixel01
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Graduate Moon slingshot powered atmosphere scoop?

  • B.E.M
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Graduate Redshift Anomaly: Progress & Confusion

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Graduate Paralell Universes - SA special report

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Graduate Violation of Universal Speed Limit

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Graduate Are There Galaxies Whose Light Will Never Reach Us Due to Universe Expansion?

  • ensabah6
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Graduate What Existed Before the Big Bang?

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Size and Destiny of the Universe -nice JPG file

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Graduate Are Null Points Present Between Galaxies on a Collision Course?

  • wolram
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Graduate Problem with an infinite universe

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Graduate The universe may not be expanding

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Graduate What is Degeneracy of Dark Matter?

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Graduate Could Sirius A/B Trigger a Supernova?

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Graduate Unusual object I saw in sky in Boston area

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Graduate Matter-antimatter basis for dark energy

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate An expanding universe, part of a bigger leading edge?

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