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Graduate WMAP and Big Crunch: Is the Universe's Fate Sealed?
- vincentm
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Graduate Can science and technology give us complete control over the universe?
- octelcogopod
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Graduate Where can I find information on binary pulsar Lagrangian formulations?
- Logarythmic
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Graduate Can Black Holes Transfer Matter Between Universes?
- meph
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Undergrad If Saturn floats, then what happens?
- godwinfh
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Undergrad The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
- russ_watters
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Graduate Is Dark Energy Consistent with a Cosmological Constant?
- Chronos
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Graduate So what's the currently accepted gravity theory?
- Sariaht
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Undergrad Galaxy defy Kepler? True or bull?
- MonstersFromTheId
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Astronomy Song Game - Get Creative!
- FeynmanMH42
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High School Converting parsecs to Mega-parsecs
- Krissy0612
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Graduate Would the sky appear redder if the universe ends in a Big Rip?
- kaiser
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Graduate Is Order at the Edge of Chaos a Valid Explanation for the Universe's Operation?
- elan
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Graduate What is the relationship between gravity and dark energy in black holes?
- Sariaht
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Graduate Dark Energy Discoevery [NASA Teleconference 16 Nov]
- neutrino
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Undergrad The Expanding Universe: Why Stretching is the Only Explanation
- Tim.thelion
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Undergrad Choosing a programming language for dark matter galaxy simulations
- physicsatiztech
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High School When do Earth, Sun and galactic center align this year?
- osirisisis
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Graduate Is the Universe Alive? The Fascinating Theory of an Evolving Cosmos
- RAD4921
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Undergrad Is the Evolution of Matter Density Proportional to a^3 or 1/a^3?
- aquabug918
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Undergrad Is Gravity Like a Bed Sheet and Baseball?
- Nexus555
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Graduate Has the Three Body Problem Ever Been Solved?
- tim_lou
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Undergrad Stars colliding/meeting up with each other
- Bladibla
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Graduate Speed of light and universal expansion.
- thewiseman
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Undergrad Universe expansion VS speed of light
- taylaron
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Taking pictures of the Mercury transit in 2006
- robphy
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What was the name of the Mars-sized planet that collided with Earth?
- kleinma
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Is There Liquid Beneath Saturn's Monster Storm?
- turbo
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High School Time taken to form universe, religion vs science.
- alias25
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Undergrad What is Space Physics and How Does it Relate to Cosmology and Astrophysics?
- bkvitha
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Graduate Where Does The Hawking Radiation Go?
- Silverbackman
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Creating a Time Machine: Can it be Done?
- ritwik06
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Graduate How could supermassive black holes form fast enough for distant quasars?
- capnahab
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Undergrad Earth changing tangental velocity?
- TuviaDaCat
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High School No storm on Earth lasts like the one on Jupiter
- DaxInvader
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What Defines Our Individual Universes?
- vadslram
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Undergrad How Would Changes in the Sun's Mass and Earth's Velocity Affect Earth's Orbit?
- ritwik06
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Graduate Does the PA show that DM/DE is dynamically important in the outer solar system?
- Garth
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Undergrad Pickup truck analogy for the expanding universe's size
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Black spot visible in sun photos from April 2006
- mik0930
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Graduate Could Matter Exist in a Black Hole on the Level of Quarks?
- Playdo
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Graduate What if the Universe had this cosmology
- aeroboyo
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Graduate Max Gravity Boost: Hyperbolic Trajectory from Jupiter
- tony873004
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High School A question related to solar system
- ultranet
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High School What Can You See in the Night Sky with the Current Comet?
- George Jones
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Can the Hubble Repair Mission Extend the Life of NASA's Beloved Telescope?
- turbo
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Undergrad Would Earth's Rotation Change If the Moon Exploded?
- Neohaven
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High School The sun's gravitational pull on the earth
- Mono182
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Undergrad Why are the emission lines in the Crab Nebula split into two?
- judi6070
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What is the difference between a nebula and a death star?
- ultranet
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High School Varibles/Eclipsing Binary systems
- Cyclotron
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Graduate Newtonian derivation of Friedmann equation
- Mike2
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High School Does a Geo-Synchronous Satellite Catch a Shadow?
- ucmassahana
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Graduate Is the CERN particle accelerator risking a phase change in the Universe?
- ptalar
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Graduate On black holes and the implications according to me.
- Arithus
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Undergrad Are There Habitable Planets Orbiting Alpha Centauri?
- AA Institute
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Undergrad When will Andromeda galaxy look as big as the moon today?
- waht
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Undergrad What fraction of Earth's surface heat comes from the interior?
- tony873004
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Undergrad Lunar Phase Change with Reversed Moon Orbit
- smurfride
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High School What Is Galactic Motion and How Is It Explained?
- anaguma
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Undergrad Why hasn't the Kuiper Belt coalesced into a planet?
- FeynmanMH42
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Can high IQ help perceive universal patterns and cycles?
- ouchparadoxhurts
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Undergrad IAU proposal for 12 planets including Ceres, Charon, and Xena
- BobG
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High School What is the sun's conveyor belt and how does it relate to solar storms?
- dongcute
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Solar Storm Ideas: Share Your Thoughts Here
- dongcute
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Graduate Effect of dark matter on solar system dynamics
- Loren Booda
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Graduate Does Kepler's Third Law Account for Dark Matter in Galaxy Rotation Curves?
- FeynmanMH42
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Undergrad Solar wind + Weak magnetic field = No water?
- dongcute
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Graduate Turbulence pressure in convection zone
- Helios
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Graduate My calculation of the density of the universe at (10^60)th of its present age
- kmarinas86
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Undergrad What Properties Can Be Extracted from the Hipparcos Catalogue?
- covers
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Undergrad ExoPlanet Hunting: Observing Stars with Celestron C11 XLT
- Cyclotron
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Graduate How large would a human body be at the universe's critical density?
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Stargazing How does the reappearance of Io during an eclipse relate to linear lighting?
- big man
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Saturn's rings backlit by the sun
- FeynmanMH42
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Graduate Limitations on cosmology for observers restricted to Earth
- Loren Booda
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Graduate What Theories Explain Quasar Energy Concentration and Their Challenges?
- Tsunami
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Graduate Global flatness, curvature and expansion of the universe
- cesiumfrog
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Graduate Universal expansion reaching a point of equiblirium
- Zegnarfol
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Graduate What Are the Effects of Extreme Pressure on Electron Degenerate Matter?
- Azael
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Graduate Big Bang and Simultaneity question
- master_gopher
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Undergrad Redshift - does energy fade or get absorbed?
- Corkie2003
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Graduate Would an Object Fall Straight Through a Hole in a Spinning Planet?
- Dmstifik8ion
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Graduate How do dwarf galaxies form?
- vincentm
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Undergrad Light years-distance or light travel time?
- Chip Orr
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Undergrad Proving Venus's Orbit is 0.72x Earth's: Understanding Greatest Elongation
- ahirschey
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Undergrad Can Gravity Create a Perpetual Motion System in Planetary Orbits?
- neurotic
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Graduate Why is the Poincaré dodecahedron not observed in the universe?
- fmichel
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Graduate Scalar field pressure and energy density
- S.P.P
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Undergrad Horizontal system of celestial coordinates
- suedenation
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Orion Atlas 11 telescope arriving soon
- russ_watters
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Graduate How was cosmic background radiation generated and what does it reveal?
- marlon
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Undergrad Gravitational pull is related to rotational speed?
- waterchan
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Undergrad What Is the Significance of Zero Right Ascension in Astronomy?
- chill85
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Graduate Do galaxies have a negative mass defect?
- kmarinas86
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Graduate This universe would expand right?
- aquabug918
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Graduate Inflationary Theory out of thin air?
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Book recommendations for cosmology and modern physics
- student007
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Graduate Expanding Universe (an interestin mind experiment)
- pfontec
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Undergrad Measuring the absolute value of the AU
- Alvin
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