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Undergrad Interest in blackholes and whiteholes
- whiteholes
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Graduate Is the Holographic Universe Theory Still a Valid Concept?
- flyfisher
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Stargazing Finding Equations for Sun's Eclipse Periodicity
- xmavidis
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Graduate What are the key challenges facing mainstream cosmological theories?
- wolram
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Graduate Measuring Mass of the Cosmos: Charles Hellaby's New Paper
- marcus
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Graduate An HST Program for the Luminosity Calibration of Type Ia Supernovae
- Chronos
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Undergrad Question about relation between galaxies
- jon_pan
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High School How close is 18 Scorpii, the other solar twin?
- sderamus
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Graduate Astronomy Problems: Help Solve Now!
- astronomystudent
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Fell into the black hole that is myspace
- Jonny_trigonometry
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Graduate New Satellite Data On Universe's First Trillionth Second
- Silverbackman
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Graduate Inflation is the rapid acceration of space some time after the BB
- kant
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High School Speed of Objects in Space - Is It the Same as On Earth?
- Mariko
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Undergrad Likelyhood of Extraterrestrial Intelligence
- CJames
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Undergrad Help finding an Aitoff projection of constellations
- kmarinas86
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Undergrad Orbit of almost 1 eccentricity
- luxtpm7
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High School The Earth, Moon and Sun's gavity game.
- Simran737
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Graduate The physics of dark matter & energy
- MathematicalPhysicist
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High School Is the Universe Larger and Denser Than We Imagine?
- Dook
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High School Can a Moon Have Its Own Moon? Exploring Orbital Possibilities
- mee
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Graduate Radiation in a Closed/Finite Universe?
- wolram
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Undergrad Galactic Plane Crossings and Mass Extinctions: Is There a Connection?
- Qmon
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High School The moon doesn`t rotate around it`s axis.
- vlado
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Undergrad Are Images of Space Distorted by Gravity?
- dimensionless
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Graduate Redshift > 1.46 means Recessional Velocity over C?
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Undergrad Is the Vacuum Between Water Molecules the Same as Cosmic Space?
- Ian
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Graduate What are the fundamental constants that govern the properties of our universe?
- Aditya89
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Graduate Planetary retention of atmospheres
- rieman zeta
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Graduate What is the highest redshift object ever observed in the universe?
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Graduate First stars now thought to be 400 MLY after BB?
- Chaos' lil bro Order
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Undergrad Universe Q: How Far Away Are Objects Seen?
- daveb
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Graduate Understanding Universe Expansion & String Theory
- Prairie
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Undergrad Vernal Equinox: Understanding the Yearly Variation
- selfAdjoint
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Undergrad Do Other Planets Have Radiation Belts Like Earth?
- William Thompson
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Graduate Is the Quasar in NGC 7319 Really Inside the Galaxy?
- Nereid
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Graduate Empty Nest - possible or not possible aspect of Big Bang?
- Fredrick
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Undergrad Characteristics of globular clusters
- DaveC426913
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Shoreline on Saturn's Moon Titan - Yahoo News
- turbo
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Graduate Compute Tidal Locking Radius: Planet/Moon Area
- rieman zeta
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Graduate Universal Regeneration: Is Expansion Recycled?
- alexkerhead
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Graduate How universal are the laws of physics?
- plum
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Progress for Humanity: Examining the Cost of Experiments
- wolram
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Graduate Cosmological Event Horizon during Inflation
- Mike2
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Graduate The Expanding Universe: Calculating Real-Time Distances of Objects
- hsbrown
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Graduate New WMAP Data: Check Out Figures 20 & 21 on Pages 48 & 49
- marcus
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Undergrad Expanding Universe: Mass or Space-Time?
- Moore1879
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Undergrad Life on Europa? Complex or Simple?
- JBash
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Graduate Nuclear reactions in AGN accretion disk
- gleb
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High School Farthest Visible Star: Distance & Observation
- AcidRainLiTE
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Graduate Dark matter candidates, what chances would you give them?
- EL
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Graduate Is the Universe's Expansion Due to a Hidden Spin?
- Entropy4121
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Graduate Universe Expansion: Future of Dark Skies?
- touqra
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Graduate Loop Quantum Cosmology dual to Randall-Sundrum Model
- yanniru
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Graduate Is Anything Ever Truly Stationary? A Theoretical Exploration
- ThomasFuhlery
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Undergrad Do All Spiral Galaxies Rotate in the Same Direction from Earth's Perspective?
- JBash
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Graduate What is the Anomaly with Sirius B's Data in Astrophysics Calculations?
- Fallguy
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High School What is the difference between a nova and a super nova?
- En_lizard
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High School How Can I Determine Current Planetary Velocities?
- Alkatran
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High School The most intnse solar strom in 50 years
- scott1
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Undergrad Galactic Frequencies: Info on Frequency of Galaxies
- PhilosophyofPhysics
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Undergrad The Speed of Change: Centripetal Force
- Excellence
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Graduate Tully-Fisher, fundamental plane - what about LSBs, dwarfs, etc?
- Nereid
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Question for astronomers, astrphys.
- wolram
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Graduate The Search for the Perfect Solar Twin: HD 98618
- wolram
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Graduate The view from a ring singularity?
- Soul Surfer
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Undergrad Why are Globular Clusters so Metal poor?
- sderamus
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Undergrad What force is stronger, Gravity or Magnetism?
- JBash
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Graduate Big Bang: EXPLOSION OF A SUPER MASSIVE B.H
- mubashirmansoor
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Undergrad Galactic Merger: What Will Happen When Andromeda Collides with the Milky Way?
- vincentm
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High School What made the scientists to think about Antimatter
- mubashirmansoor
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Water found somewhere beyond Earth
- scott1
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Graduate Calculating Bolometric Correction for Cepheid Variables
- toph
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Graduate Population III detected at last?
- Garth
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Graduate What is Dark Energy and Why is it a Mystery?
- Kea
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Graduate Watch out, n00b about Black Holes Question.
- RyanJ
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Study proves universe created by committee
- marcus
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High School Are cosmic rays considered part of the EMS?
- RAD4921
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What is the Symbol for "Section"?
- tony873004
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Undergrad Light in Astronomy - Properties & Uses in Observing Objects
- AstroCook
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Graduate Stephan's Quintet: Spitzer Telescope Views Galaxy Cluster Shock Wave
- Nacho
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Graduate What is Information Theoretic Process Physics and its implications?
- Callisto
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Undergrad Solar celestial position (as function of latt, long, time of day, date, )
- Antimatter
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Undergrad How to Calculate the Angle Between Two Celestial Objects?
- Zaphodx57x
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Graduate Effects of plasma on friedman/fluid/acceleration equations
- dicerandom
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Graduate Is the Universe Losing Energy Due to the Exchange of Photons?
- waht
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Graduate How Can Black Holes Defy Einstein's Theory of Gravity?
- joeljen
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Graduate Time Dilation and Black Hole Inflation
- InfernoSun
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Undergrad Age of The Universe - Time vs Space
- Buttonpusher
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When Were Stars Discovered and How Are They Catalogued?
- Tido611
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What are some resources for obtaining Mercator projections of Mars?
- Mk
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High School Mission To Pluto Uses Jupiter To Speed Up?
- uknova
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High School Hubble discovers two new satellites of Pluto
- neutrino
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Graduate Dark matter properties detected using VLT
- Chronos
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Graduate Major Access = Averate Distance over Eccentric Anomaly
- emstone
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Undergrad What is a Plummer Sphere Exactly?
- sderamus
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Graduate No Dark Energy? New Puzzling Discovery
- ZapperZ
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Graduate Revisiting Dark Matter Estimates in Axially Symmetric Galaxies
- wolram
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Graduate Plasma-Redshift Cosmology: Fits to SNLS Data & Implications
- wolram
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Undergrad Questions of a Newbie: Iron Cores in Stars and Planets
- stunner5000pt
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