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Graduate What is Causing the Expansion of a Singular Particle in an Absorbed Universe?

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Graduate Recent Supernovae Ia observations tend to rule out all the cosmologies

  • Garth
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Graduate Paper - Sun not powered by H fusion

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Graduate Could Flattened Disks Explain Galaxy Rotation Without Dark Matter?

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High School Intro to Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Undergrad Jupiter as a Gravitational lens?

  • Azael
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Graduate Does natural selection apply extra-galactically?

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Undergrad Edmund halley and the venus transit

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Graduate Andre's Question: A or B Before C?

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High School Probe returning with asteroid rock sample

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Graduate What Is the Entropy of a Black Hole?

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Graduate Does mathematics rule the universe?

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Poll of exoplanet-finders about best methods

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Graduate I tend to think of the universe in a simple matter

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Graduate Why Did the Big Bang Create Irregular Bumps Instead of Expanding Uniformly?

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Undergrad Why are our planets and galaxy in a plane shape?

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Delay of JWST a Major Setback for Astronomy

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Graduate Gravitational tractor for towing asteroids

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Undergrad Why does a gas cloud spontanously rotate?

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Graduate Could Quasars Be Ejection Events Instead of Collisions?

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High School Speed of light? Or velocity of free space?

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High School Center of Galaxys: Red Giant or Supernova?

  • Raziel McCloud
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Will the Venus Express Solve Mysteries or Uncover More?

  • Andre
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PF is taken over by space robots?

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Graduate If space is flat then what is directly under the planets?

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Graduate Planets cause a warp in the fabric of space time

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Graduate Flat Universe Theory: Questions & Answers

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Graduate Does Gravity Play a Significant Role in Accretion?

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Graduate Astronomy Problems: Please Look/help

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Graduate What Are the Best Papers on Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

  • wolram
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Graduate Patent 4 a close 2 C space vehicle drive

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Graduate Calculating Speed of Stationary Object Falling Towards Earth

  • RandallB
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Graduate Settlement on Moon: Artificial Gravity & Feasibility

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Graduate Acceleration of charges at Big Bang

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Undergrad Does Gravitational Attraction Cause Energy Transfer Between Celestial Bodies?

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Undergrad What Do We Know About the Composition of Mars' Moons, Phobos and Deimos?

  • sid_galt
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Undergrad Gravitational Lensing: Why Does it Only Create Clones?

  • BerryBoy
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Graduate Models for Compactification from Inflation?

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High School What Can You See With a Telescope During the Day?

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Graduate Did Inflation Solve the Problem of the Universe's Original Gravity?

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Undergrad Seeing light from early Universe

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Graduate Shrinking Universe: Visible Universe & Universal Center of Mass

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Graduate There must be a center to it all.

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Graduate Accuracy in Space: Can 10000kg Bolts & Nuts be Precisely Screwed?

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Should The Galaxy Have Been Colonized By Now?

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Graduate Black Holes: The Possibility of Energy to Matter Conversion

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Was the universe created? (not an evolution discussion)

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Graduate What Are the Chances of Different Physical Laws If We Restarted the Big Bang?

  • Gold Barz
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Graduate Can We Pinpoint the Direction of the Big Bang's Origin?

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Graduate Is Dark Matter the Unruh effect applied to the acceleration of Gravity?

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Graduate What Are the Implications of Being the First Intelligent Life in the Galaxy?

  • marcus
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Graduate Could the Speed of Light be Calculated Differently?

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Graduate Anyone care to guess the size/diameter of the Universe?

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Graduate Preservation of Space: Is There a Model?

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High School Mysterious Spin of the Moon: How Does it Change?

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Graduate Energy Requirements for Compressing Matter into a Black Hole

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Stargazing What features should beginners look for when purchasing a telescope?

  • chound
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Graduate Glass Planets: Common and Detectable in Our Galactic Neighborhood?

  • Loren Booda
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Undergrad Why Does Venus Rotate Backwards?

  • WarrenPlatts
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High School What is the Truth about Black Holes and Light Holes?

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Graduate Is There a Way to Distinguish Between Singularity and Matter in Black Holes?

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Graduate Inside the Black Hole: Unravelling Its Mysteries

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Undergrad Why are geosynchronous orbirs in equatorial plane circular?

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Undergrad IS IT POSSIBLE TO CREATE A TRANSPARENT SHIELD FOR SPACE STATIONS?

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Stargazing Telescope acting like microscope

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Graduate Can White Holes Challenge the Second Law of Thermodynamics?

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Undergrad [stars] Nuclear Fuel usage rate

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Graduate What Happens to the Universe if Omega Equals Exactly 1?

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Graduate A rulebased universe is much more compelling

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Stargazing Animation I made last night of Mars

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Graduate Neutron Stars: Strong Force, Density & Black Holes

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Graduate Is the Universe Truly Closed and Bound by Entropy?

  • berty
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Graduate Who here has calculated the dark energy density?

  • marcus
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Graduate Could a Supernova Have Killed Off Mammoths?

  • Andre
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Graduate Could the Big Bang Be a White Hole?

  • shintashi
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Graduate What is the appropriateness of the term potential in general relativity?

  • Jonny_trigonometry
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Undergrad The maximum range of a missile_the earth is not flat

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Undergrad Are There Tables Showing Distance vs. Red Shift of Stars?

  • PhiJ
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Graduate The Multiverse: A New Perspective on Our Existence

  • Garth
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High School What is the biggest star we know of?

  • vincentm
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Discovering Astrology: A Print-Friendly Guide to Understanding the Stars

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Graduate Photon, Gravity, Mass and Black Holes.

  • cicsgeek
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Graduate Is Our Universe Just a Giant Black Hole?

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Graduate Is the Universe Infinitely Old and What Would We Expect to See?

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Graduate Are Traces of Earliest Stars Actually Detected?

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Graduate Massive objects with super-solar metallicities at z~6

  • turbo
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Graduate Is the Universe Finite or Infinite? A Poll on the Current Debate in Cosmology

  • marcus
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Graduate Could Nucleonic Forces Hold the Key to Solving the Dark Matter Mystery?

  • EL
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Undergrad Specific definition of space in BB

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Stargazing Are There Non-Photonic 'Telescopes' for Studying Astrophysical Objects?

  • Nereid
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Graduate An anomalous concentration of QSOs around NGC 3079

  • Garth
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Graduate Values of an rms speed of hydrogen atoms in the observable universe?

  • Jonny_trigonometry
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High School Lower mass = more elliptical orbit?

  • vincentm
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Graduate Big Bang Failures: Examining Scientific Method & Tech Impact

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High School What Is the Fuel That Stars Run Out of Before Becoming Black Holes?

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High School Heard the moon is moving away from us

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Graduate CMBR - multiple detections of the same 'spots'?

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Graduate How reliable are the redshift measurements from GRB 050904?

  • wolram
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Graduate How Would the Universe Evolve Without Gravitation?

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate The Distribution of Dark Matter in Spirals

  • Garth
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