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Graduate Could Sirius A/B Trigger a Supernova?
- Mike2
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Graduate Unusual object I saw in sky in Boston area
- ACG
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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?
- Corkie2003
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High School Does blackhole have strong magnetic field?
- magnetar
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Graduate What epoch of the universe's evolution would be most conducive to life?
- Loren Booda
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I have a question for everyone here
- jks48
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Graduate Something majorly wrong with this paper?
- natski
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High School What is at the center of the universe?
- .ultimate
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Graduate CMBR - a possible alternative explanation?
- Brain Dwarf
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Graduate What is the relationship between gravity and dark matter in the universe?
- talksabcd
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Graduate Got a link for the angular-size redshift relation?
- marcus
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Graduate Do different photon colors follow different paths in curved spacetime?
- talksabcd
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Graduate Heard anything about GPB results?
- marcus
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Graduate Light cone and causal sphere visualisation for determinism
- LukeS
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Graduate Big Crunch or Big Rip? Universe's Future
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Undergrad Velocity to Keep Object in Orbit Above Moon - Jeffrey
- jeffreydi
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High School Why the sun/moon looks bigger at the sunset/rise?
- pixel01
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Graduate Cosmography: Measuring Universe Expansion via Supernova Data
- wolram
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Graduate What causes the squiggly orbit and how can it be eliminated?
- mrjoe2
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Binoculars for stargazing under $250
- Maxwells Demon
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Graduate How could a spaceship mimic gravity?
- Ara macao
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High School Expanding into Astrophotography: Seeking Recommendations for a £300 Telescope
- Digz
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Graduate Should early universe claims require evidence of past physical laws?
- dad
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Graduate How can space expand?
- Starship
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High School Measuring Distance to Understand Hubble Constant
- fabbo
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Graduate Why Dark Matter? Questions on Scientific Inquiry
- mwsund
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High School Quick (Most likely simple) Question
- josht
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Stargazing Heres my pic of m36 taken the other night
- twinsen
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Undergrad WHY is the sun red during rise and set
- kendr_pind
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High School Where Do We Look When We See the Milky Way from Earth?
- PhanthomJay
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High School Does distant starlight fade as the universe expands?
- talksabcd
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Graduate Expansion of the Universe and the Limitations of Hubble's Law
- .ultimate
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Graduate Is MOND theory a viable alternative to dark matter?
- ptabor
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Stargazing My Latest M-51: A Comparison with Previous Attempts
- russ_watters
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Graduate Effect of Sun movement on Planetary orbits?
- OSalcido
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High School How do astronomers calculate the distance to an object using trigonometry?
- Sock
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Did Arizona telescopes observe the Pluto conjunction?
- interested_learner
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Undergrad Astronomy vs astrophysics vs cosmology, and Guth's free lunch universe
- murshid_islam
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Graduate Solutions of Friedmann Equations
- petmal
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Graduate What If the Moon and Earth Were Twin Planets?
- Stan52
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Graduate Orbits of Andromeda and Milky Way Galaxy About Each Other
- RJ Emery
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Graduate Is the trampoline analogy an accurate representation of space-time curvature?
- pivoxa15
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High School Celestron C11 auto three-star alignment slewing incorrectly
- EIRE2003
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Undergrad High Velocity Impact of Planets - Atomsphere question
- Nexus555
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Graduate Why don't planets show detectable dark matter effects?
- mwsund
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Graduate Is universe expansion a property of spacetime itself rather than its contents?
- mwsund
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Graduate Is There Evidence for Handedness in the Universe?
- wolram
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Undergrad Experiments that provide evidence for the expansion of the universe
- Badfan
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Undergrad Earth's rotational speed when its gravity is 5.0m/s2
- amosor
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Undergrad Recommendations for learning radiative transfer physics
- anjor
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Undergrad Spacecraft travel time accelerating halfway at 9.8 m/s²
- Rich_M
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Graduate Can Time and Motion Be Separated in an Expanding Universe?
- petm1
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High School Why would the universe end with light escaping into space?
- bassplayer142
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Graduate Where does Earth get energy to move through an expanding universe?
- eaboujaoudeh
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Graduate How Is Total Radial Velocity Determined in Binary Stars?
- Soylentgreen
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Undergrad Getting started with astronomy and astrophysics self-study
- yarons
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Graduate Big Bang and Infinite Universe Theory
- Swapnil
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High School Can Aliens See Events from the Past?
- seaners
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Graduate How big is the area of influence around Lagrange L1 and L2 points?
- wolram
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Undergrad Is the Moon's Rotation a Coincidence?
- meckano
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High School Why are moon phases more visible in evening than morning?
- ~DarkAngel
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Graduate Alternatives to the FRLW model for a presentation
- fasterthanjoao
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Graduate Does this model correctly show how we see the CMB today?
- Dmstifik8ion
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Graduate What are the Detailed Steps and Mechanisms of Stellar Evolution?
- Valium
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Graduate Lunar Laser Rangefinding: Testing GR's Gravitomagnetic Phenomenon?
- cesiumfrog
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Undergrad Universal Gravitation and orbit
- Gabby Jay
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Undergrad Information and facts about Cepheid variable stars for a report
- Maxwells Demon
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Highlight something on MS word and press backspace
- Cyrus
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Stargazing A rough calculation on the duration of lunar eclipse
- Valium
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Graduate No Big Bang? Endless Universe Made Possible by New Model
- SF
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High School Could the Moon's Shape Explain Why We Only See One Side?
- richbass
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Graduate Gravitational Potential Enery Problem
- blumfeld0
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Graduate Is the Universe's Oscillating Theory Inefficient?
- Robert J. Grave
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Undergrad Could a Giant Iron Planet Form a Black Hole?
- Nexus555
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Graduate Cosmic clocks and gravitational energy in inhomogeneous universe models
- wolram
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Undergrad What is the vector equation for escape velocity?
- rich86
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Access to astronomy journal articles
- big man
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Graduate Where Can I Find Data on Stellar Types and Their Locations in the Milky Way?
- robousy
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Graduate Is Hu and Dodelson's standard cosmological paradigm paper a good reference?
- wolram
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Graduate Explain p-process in nucleosynthesis
- sruthisupriya
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Graduate Charged particles from our Sun travelling too fast?
- verdigris
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Graduate Could gamma ray bursts result from electron-positron annihilation?
- verdigris
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Graduate Topics connecting quantum mechanics and astrophysics for a presentation
- judonight
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Graduate Stephen Hawking's Theory of Everything and Imaginary Time
- orzos
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Undergrad Doesn't dust or debris collect at the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points?
- rbj
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Graduate Big Bang afterglow fails intergalactic shadow test
- heusdens
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Undergrad Astro simulation program problem - program bugs?
- concious
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Graduate Chapter07.pdfCan Killing Vectors Derive the Schwarzschild Metric?
- Ray
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High School How is a Comet Defined?
- DaveC426913
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Does the universe have a purpose for being?
- Entity
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Graduate Is Every Point in The Universe a Microcosm of the Whole of Creation?
- Bilbo
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Graduate Is the Universe Expanding Faster Than the Speed of Light?
- Physics-Learner
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Graduate Cosmic clocks, cosmic variance and cosmic averages by Wiltshire
- Kea
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Graduate Planetary formation and effects of gravity
- Feepo
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Graduate Nucleosynthesis with the Big Bang and the Supernovas?
- Magister
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Undergrad What would happen if I were to near and be consumed by a black hole?
- Rasine
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High School Could the moon still be vibrating from its formation?
- verdigris
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