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Graduate Hubble Recession vs. Moon Recession
- kmarinas86
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Undergrad Is Dark Matter Invisible and Untouchable?
- tribdog
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Graduate Tensor Vector scaler theories.
- toph
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High School Number of Kuiper Belt Objects Discovered - Find the Answer Here
- big man
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Undergrad What Are the Expansive and Contractive Cycles of the Universe?
- shawngoldw
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Graduate The universe, are we on the right track?
- Leonardo Sidis
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Undergrad Translational motion of stars & planets
- mubashirmansoor
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Undergrad What If Earth Suddenly Reversed Its Rotation or Changed Its Axis?
- Mt. Nixion
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Graduate Is a zero energy universe a consequence from FRWL equations
- hurk4
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Undergrad Ocean Tides, Earth's Rotation, Moon's Orbital Radius, & Global Warming
- dimensionless
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Graduate Book suggestion in reply to question from oldman
- marcus
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Undergrad Deriving Distance Modulus: m - M = 5log(d/10)
- toam
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Graduate The Mysteries of the Cosmos: Uncovering the Hidden Truths and Purpose"
- Markrids
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Graduate Relative peculiar velocity of MBR vs that of neutrino background
- Loren Booda
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Undergrad Calculating the gravitational accelleration on the surface of a planet
- dimensionless
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Undergrad Why is my computer not moving away from me in an expanding universe?
- Andy_Electron
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Graduate What Causes Craters to Center Themselves on Other Craters?
- smurfslappa
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Graduate 20 trillion solarmass hot cloud going 750 clicks
- marcus
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Graduate Are MECOs the Solution to Galactic Black Hole Mysteries?
- Nereid
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Graduate Do Black Holes Experience Inertia and Gravity?
- string querry
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Dark matter, dark energy & gravity
- brahma
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Fake Moon Landing: Evidence, Flags & Remnants | Part 1-3
- sneez
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Graduate Is the Universe Beyond Our Perception?
- Mt. Nixion
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Graduate Help stamp out travel-time distance
- marcus
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Who created this running difference image?
- Michael Mozina
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Graduate Starkman tinkers with MOG (relativistic MOND)
- marcus
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Graduate Terminal Velocity: Speed Beyond the Universe
- drakken1985
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What existed before the big bang?
- time traveller d
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Undergrad Is the Big Bang Like a Ripple in a Pond?
- fr0st2k
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Graduate Was the Big Bang a Black Hole Explosion?
- mateuszica
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High School Could Life Be Evolving in Galaxies 1.5 Million Light Years Away?
- IllogicalDreamr
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High School Solar and Lunar exposure tables information
- Labguy
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Stargazing Have you seen the stunning night sky in New Mexico captured with a Canon 300D?
- larkspur
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Graduate Eclipsing binaries (references to data and models?)
- robphy
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Graduate Does the expansion of the universe affect our observations in the real world?
- Jimmy Snyder
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Graduate Is Causality Fundamental in the Universe?
- kmarinas86
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High School Where Can I Find a List of Stars in Gould's Belt?
- hellfire
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Graduate MOND gravity, an explanation please.
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Graduate Gammaray Bursts (all you ever wanted to know)
- marcus
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Graduate New map of the galaxy (Levine Blitz Heiles)
- marcus
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High School Is the Universe Expanding and What Does This Mean for the Future?
- waznboyd
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Stargazing Meade DSI Pro II: First LRGB Photo of Whirlpool Galaxy
- russ_watters
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Stargazing Recommend a telescope for a beginner?
- Knavish
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Graduate What Effect Does Cosmological Expansion Have on Solar System Mass?
- pervect
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Undergrad Redshifts, what frequencies are they looking at?
- dimensionless
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Graduate Structure of the Milkyway Spiral Redifined
- neutrino
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Graduate Photon frequency loss over time?
- rcgldr
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Graduate Gravitational collapse, star precipitation and black hole formation.
- oldman
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Is the universe examining itself?
- RAD4921
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Graduate What Density of Radiation Triggers Gravitational Clumping and Black Holes?
- moving finger
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Graduate Pioneer Anomaly & the Mystery of Dark Matter: A Closer Look
- Farsight
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Graduate How does the cosmic microwave background (CMB) define a cosmological frame?
- helenwang413
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Undergrad Electromagnetic waves and dak matter
- Quantum1332
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Graduate The Virial theorem and Cosmology
- oldman
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Graduate Gammaray Sky animation (what GLAST will see)
- marcus
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Graduate How could the universe possibly expand?
- cliowa
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High School What Are Color Shifts Like Redshift in Science?
- eggman
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Graduate Why logic and reason fail when we try to trace back the origin of universe
- naveen
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High School Terraforming Mars: Strange Ideas and Possibilities
- drakken1985
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Graduate Cosmology-Particle Physics connection (Mark Trodden)
- marcus
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Graduate Can Deep Underground Astronomers Determine the Mysteries of the Universe?
- Nereid
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Graduate Alternative Solutions to Deflecting Asteroids or Comets From Earth
- drakken1985
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Undergrad Can a Planet's Gravitational Force Prevent a Comet or Asteroid Collision?
- MathematicalPhysicist
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High School Does the Moon's Orbit Stay the Same?
- mubashirmansoor
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High School Realistic Meteor Impact Modelling: Is This YouTube Video Accurate?
- darkar
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Graduate What is the Accreting Matter Paradox in Astrophysics?
- StatusX
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Voyager 2 Detects Odd Shape of Solar System's Edge
- scott1
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Graduate Molecular Hydrogen at the Edge of Universe
- Astronuc
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High School Extra-Galactic Stars: Are There Any?
- wolram
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Graduate Does the Hubble Constant Variation Over Time Affect the d/R = v/c Equation?
- kmarinas86
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Undergrad Can the Mass of Cosmic Rays in the Universe Be Calculated?
- Qmon
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High School Why Won't Earth Fall into the Sun?
- FeynmanMH42
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Graduate How to probe the homogeneity of the universe ?
- brahma
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Undergrad Mathematical discovery of planet neptune
- ZZ Top
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Graduate Age Difference in Earth Orbit Around Another Star
- complexPHILOSOPHY
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High School Is Jupiter's Great Red Spot a gas giant phenomenon or a solid core mystery?
- Quadruple Bypass
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High School Is there white hole in the universe?
- the Physic freak
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Graduate How do you interpret the Robertson-Walker metric
- oldman
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Graduate CMB vs Neutrino BG: Why Does Neutrino Transparency Occur First?
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Undergrad What Could We See If We Observed the Big Bang with a Powerful Telescope?
- Abbas Ibn Firnas
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Behind the border off the universe
- rudeonline
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Graduate Behind the border off the universe
- rudeonline
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Graduate Could Changing Gravitational Constant Explain Hubble's Law Alternatives?
- gptejms
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Graduate What Are the Leading Theories on Dark Energy?
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Comet Impact on Earth May 25th - Is It True?
- mohlam12
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High School Why do Neutron Stars have a Magnetic Field?
- axel65
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Undergrad What is the role of accretion discs in proving the existence of black holes?
- StatusX
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Undergrad Can Two Equal-Mass Planets Share a Satellite?
- Semaphia
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High School Stoping the desturaction of the sun?
- scott1
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Graduate Evolution of the Observable Universe
- Chronos
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What is the significance of the astronomical buckyball?
- neutrino
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Graduate Why do we live in a Friedmann universe?
- marcus
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Undergrad Does gravity explain all orbits in our solar system?
- Paula
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Graduate Rates of galactic evolution (first 3 billion years)
- kmarinas86
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High School My First Telescope Observation: Jupiter & 4 Moons
- Kazza_765
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What Secrets Do Titan's Dunes Hold for Dune-boarding Enthusiasts?
- quantumcarl
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Graduate Plasma Luminosity: Estimating Rocket Exhaust Heat Loss
- pervect
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Graduate How do we know that the expansion of the universe is radially symmetric?
- ptabor
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Graduate Expanding Universe: Metaphysics & Consciousness
- hejs
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Graduate The Issue of the Beginning (new paper by Ashtekar)
- marcus
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