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Graduate Uncovering the Optimal Epoch for Life in the Universe

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I have a question for everyone here

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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?

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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 Does Mass and Energy Affect the Path of Light Differently in General Relativity?

  • talksabcd
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Graduate Heard anything about GPB results?

  • marcus
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Graduate Help Visualisation and Stats for a Determinist

  • 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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  • Poll Poll

More stars in the Milky Way or galaxies in the universe?

  • Loren Booda
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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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Find the Perfect Binocular for Stargazing: Expert Recommendations and Reviews

  • 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 Uncovering the Truth: A Physics Site Dedicated to Evidence-Based Discussions

  • dad
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Graduate Understanding the Expansion of Space: A Scientific Perspective

  • 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 Bertrand Russell's Paradox: Certainty or Doubt?

  • talksabcd
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Graduate Expansion of the Universe and the Limitations of Hubble's Law

  • .ultimate
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Graduate Was Newton in Error? Philosophical Prejudice & MOND Theory

  • 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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Arizona Telescope: Did Big Scopes See Pluto Conjunction?

  • interested_learner
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Undergrad What Are the Key Differences Between Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology?

  • 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 Anyone own a Celestron 11'' schmidt cassegrain?

  • EIRE2003
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Undergrad High Velocity Impact of Planets - Atomsphere question

  • Nexus555
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Graduate The Elusive Nature of Dark Matter: Why Can't We Detect It in Our Solar System?

  • mwsund
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Graduate Why Dark Energy? Investigating Universe Expansion

  • 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 Radiative Transfer: Learn Physics - Free Reference Guide

  • anjor
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Undergrad Acceleration, velocity, distance, speed and time help please

  • Rich_M
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Graduate Can Time and Motion Be Separated in an Expanding Universe?

  • petm1
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High School End of the Universe: Light is the Final Frontier

  • bassplayer142
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Graduate How Does Energy Influence Our Movement in the Expanding Universe?

  • eaboujaoudeh
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Graduate How Is Total Radial Velocity Determined in Binary Stars?

  • Soylentgreen
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Undergrad How Do You Begin Your Journey in Astronomy and Astrophysics?

  • 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 L1 L2 Points: Influence & Model Dependence

  • wolram
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Undergrad Is the Moon's Rotation a Coincidence?

  • meckano
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High School Questions out of curiosity… Enlighten me please

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Graduate What Are the Key Alternative Cosmological Models Beyond the FRLW Framework?

  • fasterthanjoao
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Graduate Illustrating the CMB: Drawing Concentric Circles to Show Expansion Over Time

  • 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 What Are the Key Insights and Fascinating Facts About Cepheid Variable Stars?

  • 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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Stargazing Watching the Lunar Eclipse on March 3rd?

  • hover
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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 How Do Cosmic Clocks Influence Our Understanding of General Relativity?

  • 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 the Standard Cosmological Paradigm Explained Well by Hu and Dodelson?

  • 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 Gamma Ray Bursters: Electrons, Anti-Electrons & Mass Exploding

  • verdigris
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Graduate How Can Quantum Mechanics Illuminate Our Understanding of Astrophysics?

  • 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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The Three Purposes of the Universe: A Revelation.

  • 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 David Wiltshire: Cosmic Clocks, Cosmic Variance & Cosmic Averages

  • 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 Formation of the Moon: A Vibrating History

  • verdigris
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High School No big planets close to the Sun?

  • verdigris
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Undergrad Water on Mars: Separating Fact from Fiction - Textbook Deadline Approaching!

  • DaveC426913
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Undergrad Black holes, the sun and wormholes.

  • Orl13
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Graduate Will the new WMAP3 data challenge the assumption of a spatially flat universe?

  • marcus
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Undergrad Why Doesn't the Night Sky Shine as Bright as the Sun Despite Infinite Stars?

  • Peter (IMC)
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