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High School Finding Solar Path Data - Resources for Sun Position in Sky

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Galaxy was headed at us at like 100 times faster than a bullet

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Graduate What is M Theory? Understanding the Basics of this Fascinating Concept

  • Kakorot
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High School How Can Light Exist When Time is Stopped?

  • spooky
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Graduate Does an infinite universe always repeat its parts?

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate Infinite Universe Energy: CMBR Impact?

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Graduate Discover the Latest Baryonic Mass Figures from the Galaxy Red Shift Survey

  • wolram
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Is Sending Machines into Deep Space a Wise Decision for Humanity's Future?

  • Daark Nova
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Is an Astronomy Degree Practical?

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Is NASA Replacing Columbia with a New Shuttle?

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Undergrad How Is Dark Matter So Hot Yet Invisible?

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Graduate Origin of Matter in Universe: Survey & Questions

  • MrBlonde
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Graduate GoldBarz asks: wd laws work in different dimens. universe?

  • marcus
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Graduate Atoms, Black Holes and Singularities: A Historian's Questions

  • Undomiel
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Undergrad The Big Splat: Origin of Our Moon

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Graduate The Upper Limit of Star Mass: Theories and Uncertainties | arXiv.org"

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High School Calculate Sun Angle: Length of Object by Shadow

  • Ba
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Graduate Is Science Fiction a Legitimate Source of Scientific Ideas?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Graduate Find the universe point of origin based on location of cellestrella bodies?

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Graduate Unveiling the Mystery of Antimatter in the Universe

  • Icebreaker
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State Your Opinion on String Theory

  • Daark Nova
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Graduate Hubbles's law and the Dark Energy Component

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Undergrad ET Visitors: Scientists See High Likelihood

  • Ivan Seeking
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Graduate Solar super-sail could reach Mars in a month

  • Ivan Seeking
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Graduate The predictions it makes don't agree with reality. Enough said

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High School I have a Question about the big bang theory

  • Daark Nova
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Graduate Are Branes the Key to Understanding Multiple Universes?

  • Gold Barz
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Graduate Does Cosmology Need Radical Ideas Like Transforming Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

  • marcus
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Graduate Life Improbable In 4D+ Universes

  • Gold Barz
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Graduate Could a Closed Universe Reverse Time During Collapse?

  • Rasine
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Graduate In The Future Beyond The Dark Era

  • Gold Barz
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Graduate Black Hole: Infinite Density, Infinite Buoyancy?

  • Ryan H
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Graduate Is Our Understanding of Dark Matter and Dark Energy Based on Flawed Assumptions?

  • Louis Cypher
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Graduate CMB, Sky Surveys, & Computational Cosmology

  • saltydog
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Undergrad What are the smallest orbital masses that can exist in space?

  • Glenn
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Graduate What is the nature of baryonic dark matter in Galactic Blobs?

  • Garth
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Undergrad Question regarding Supernova SN1987

  • Oblivion
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Undergrad Was the sun ever a blue star in the early stages of its life?

  • Bladibla
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Undergrad Save the Hubble: Unmanned Rocket Solution

  • marrsc
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Graduate Uncovering the Mysteries of the Universe: Questions, Answers, and Theories

  • wolram
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Undergrad The largest explosion ever seen in space

  • Chronos
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Graduate Spacetime interval formula - what's the d?

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Graduate Researching Super-galactic Plane & Ancient Cosmology

  • Graham Fox
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High School Is Moisture Harmful to Telescope Lenses in Cold Weather?

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Undergrad What Existed Before the Big Bang?

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Graduate Couldn't the end of spacetime cause spacetime?

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Graduate Escape from the Universe: Michio Kaku

  • Ivan Seeking
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Undergrad Long Lost Star Catalog Found in Plain Sight

  • Ivan Seeking
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Has the Tsunami Changed Our Pole Star?

  • vinee
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Graduate Giant Galactic Blobs: Uncovering Dark Matter?

  • Garth
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Graduate Is dark energy needed in a perturbed universe.

  • wolram
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Graduate What Causes the Bright Streaks on Saturn's Moon Titan?

  • Phobos
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Graduate Is the Universe Losing Mass Due to Heat Loss and Dark Energy Expansion?

  • Les Sleeth
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Hubble fix-up funds cut (MSN 21 Jan)

  • marcus
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Huygens Office Pool Bets: Friday's Options

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High School Velocity of a galaxy, is it the rotating speed around itself?

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High School What Causes Earth's Tilt on Its Axis?

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Graduate What is the Mass-Luminosity Relationship for Stars?

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Graduate The Big Bang & Its Mysterious Origins: Seeking Thoughts & Ideas

  • Mr_Euchre
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Undergrad Where are the solar systems like our own?

  • timken
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Graduate Antimatter in Space: How Could It Exist?

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Undergrad Are Cosmic Rays Particles or Waves?

  • Glenn
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Stargazing Neutrino Telescope Report: Astrophysics & Cosmology Working Group

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Graduate What Are the Radiation Levels Inside and Outside Earth's Belts?

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High School Universe Expansion: How Does It Work?

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The Unending Universe: What Comes Next?

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Graduate Bekenstein's rival to Dark Matter

  • marcus
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Have you seen new images of Titan?

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Undergrad Create Artificial Atmosphere: Pros & Cons

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Undergrad Measuring the rotation speed of Io

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Graduate Calculating E or M from a State Vector

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Undergrad Doppler effect and color of stars

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Graduate Solving Math Problem: Get Help from Our Dudes - Kevin

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High School Deep Impact: NASA's Mission to Smash a Comet on the Fourth of July

  • Orion1
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High School How does the Earth's atmosphere affect the perception of color in space?

  • Kerrie
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Successful launch of Deep Impact

  • Phobos
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Graduate Topology & Universe Evolution: Finite or Infinite Age?

  • ryokan
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Graduate Black Holes: Compression of Mass & Movement at Absolute Zero

  • UrbanXrisis
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Graduate What Role Do Shock Waves Play in Star Formation from Interstellar Clouds?

  • nobunaga84
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Astronomers reveal biggest stars yet seen

  • Chronos
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Undergrad Apogee & Perigee: What Does "a" Stand For?

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High School Will We Find Extraterrestrial Life Within the Next Twenty Years?

  • Ivan Seeking
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High School What is a Main Sequence and Why is it Important for Stars?

  • Mk
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Graduate Neutron Star Matter & Planet X: What Could Be Lurking Closer?

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Graduate Non-linear universe and thoughts on conciousness

  • DJmaux
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The universe is all in our heads

  • Rasine
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New U.S. Plan for Space Exploration

  • Evo
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High School What Makes a Black Hole the Densest Place in the Universe?

  • DaveC426913
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Undergrad How Will the Universe End? Big Crunch Theory

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High School Friday the 13th, 2029? The odds of impact

  • Ivan Seeking
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Undergrad Big Bang: How Did the Energy Get There?

  • Chrono
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Graduate Under what conditions does star bifurcation occur?

  • Loren Booda
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Undergrad Terrestrial, asteroidal and gaseous

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate Universe is 4% baryonic, 23% Dark matter, 73% Dark energy?

  • Glenn
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High School What are the best resources for studying NGC and Messier objects?

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Graduate Gravitational Energy: Why Negative?

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Undergrad Pulsar Death: What Happens When a Pulsar Dies

  • Vale1219
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Will 2005 bring stunning images of the moon Titan?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Graduate Varying Expansion Rates for Solar System

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Graduate Testing cosmology, without assuming GR?

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