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Graduate Can you observe evidence for a multiverse?

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High School What is the biggest star we know of?

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Books about astronomy that are printable online

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Graduate Photon, Gravity, Mass and Black Holes.

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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

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

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Graduate What alternative theory might solve the dark matter problem?

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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?

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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?

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High School Lower mass = more elliptical orbit?

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Graduate Scientific method and predictability in cosmology

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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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High School What is the maximum possible wavelength of radio waves?

  • The Guru Kid
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Mars flyby accuracy: second closest in 60,000 years claim examined

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Undergrad Where Does the First Second of the Universe Fall on the Time Line?

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Graduate Could Gamma-ray Bursts Trigger Mass Extinctions?

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Undergrad How Do Scientists Counteract Radiation Pressure on Artificial Satellites?

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Undergrad What is dark matter and what effects does it have?

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Graduate How do quantum gravity theories handle gravity during universe contraction?

  • wolram
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Graduate Asteroseismic Analysis of Kepler Data

  • wolram
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Undergrad How Did the Big Bang Create Atoms?

  • Mwyn
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High School Finding info on the physicist who showed elements form in supernovae

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High School How do planets form and what makes liquid water necessary for life?

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Undergrad Are stars considered black bodies?

  • werner heisenberg
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Graduate 'First Light' and the Universe's early years

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High School What can I see with a £150 telescope in England?

  • Zilalti
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Graduate What is the current state of the universe and its expansion?

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Graduate Initial mass function of the first stars and reionization

  • wolram
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Graduate More about the Cooperstock and Tieu model

  • EL
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Graduate What Are the Libration Points in the Mars, Phobos, and Deimos System?

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Undergrad Is the Milky Way a Resonance-Ring Galaxy?

  • vincentm
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Undergrad New study shows Dark Matter isn't needed? Relativty explains it?

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Undergrad Why Do All Galaxies Have a Supermassive Black Hole at Their Centre?

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Graduate Star formation rates z=6 to z=10

  • wolram
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Graduate Any such equation to relate spacetime to energy/mass

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Undergrad Converting from the horizontal system to the equatorial system

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Graduate Mars diameter from angular size, telescope optics, and orbital mechanics problems

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Graduate Wraparound Universe: Is It Feasible?

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Graduate New study shows Dark Energy isn't needed? Relativty explains it?

  • Garth
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Undergrad How do scientists put satellites into space

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Stargazing How can stacking improve astrophotography?

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Undergrad How can I determine orbital elements using observations of an asteroid's motion?

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Undergrad Is the inernal energy of the universe decreasing?

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Graduate What Challenges Did I Face in Capturing Images of the Andromeda Galaxy and Mars?

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Find Out Who Has a Myspace Page on PF - Share Your Addiction!

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Graduate Message in the Sky: The Mysteries of the Heavens

  • EL
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Undergrad How much force would Superman need to hold back the moon at half a G-force?

  • randy23
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When can you see the moon biggest and the Milky Way best?

  • Cladson
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Graduate Reionization: A Primer on Early Universe Physics

  • wolram
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Undergrad Deriving Equations for Moon's Orbital Acceleration

  • neo32
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Graduate What does the CMB power spectrum tell us about the cosmological principle?

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Undergrad Habitable zone distances for F-M stars and tidal locking around M dwarfs

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Undergrad How do you determine what coordinates are visible from your location?

  • big man
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Graduate Does density increase in collapsing fragments trigger fusion?

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High School How Does the Size of an Eclipsing Planet Affect Star Brightness?

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Graduate What is a Hamiltonian system?

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Undergrad How does the cosmic background radiation works

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Undergrad Weak and strong anthropic principle

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High School Observing Unusual Red Star in Scorpius Constellation

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Undergrad What Would Happen to Gravity If Earth Stopped Spinning?

  • Pengwuino
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Undergrad Calculating Space Probe Trip to Neptune with Jupiter Assist

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Undergrad Gravitational effect of sun on earth

  • xj420
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Graduate Where are the real definitions of homogeneity and isotropy?

  • honestrosewater
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Graduate Recent developments in dark matter research

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Graduate What Would Happen if You Tried to Move Beyond the Edge of the Universe?

  • Neiby
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Undergrad How Are Planets Detected Through Transit Method?

  • asdf60
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Undergrad What Are Physical Symmetries and How Do Particles Transform?

  • werner heisenberg
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Blackhole gulps down Neutron Star

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Graduate Semi-pop review of structure of universe

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Graduate UV Galaxy Surface brightness says no expansion

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Graduate Apollo laser retroreflector experiment publication and feasibility

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High School Is NASA's Future Tied to Russian Spacecraft?

  • BobG
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Undergrad Heat of objects entering an atmosphere?

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Graduate A Case For an Indeterministic Universe

  • Royce
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Undergrad What Day Will You See the Same Star Rise at 10:40pm?

  • dekoi
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Undergrad What Is Dark Matter Made Of?

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Graduate Dark matter highlights extra dimensions

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Stargazing Did I finally capture decent pictures of Mars and other celestial objects?

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Graduate Understanding Object Movement in Space: Factors Affecting Speed Between Galaxies

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High School Good websites for learning astrophysics

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Very Large Telescope Project - Amazing Images

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Graduate The Susskind Counter Information Paradox?

  • Spin_Network
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Undergrad Why does Iapetus have an equatorial ridge bisecting it?

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New Planet "Xena" and it's moon is "Gabrielle"

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High School How does a space ladder from a satellite work?

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Graduate Can stellar material be recycled after a star goes nova?

  • wolram
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Undergrad Is the LuniSolar theory a legitimate scientific theory?

  • Moonrat
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Undergrad How do astronomers measure an objects angular size?

  • Vast
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Building a mobile observatory

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Undergrad Will the Expanding Universe Break the Attractive Forces Between Particles?

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