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Undergrad Why doesn't the orbit increase in radius?

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Looking for a good band name having to do with the origin of the universe

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Graduate Mutual solar-extrasolar orbital foci

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate Discover the JNow RA and Dec of L4 and L5 in the Sun/Earth System

  • Valareos
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High School Understanding Reddening and Its Impact on Light Scattering in Astronomy

  • ThomasJoe40
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Undergrad Is the Universe Curved or Flat and How Does It Affect Energy?

  • bayan
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Graduate Why does a spinning black hole's singularity form a ring?

  • Aphex_Twin
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Undergrad Can a Planet Turn into a Star through Gas Accumulation?

  • JV
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Undergrad Space Expansion: Earth-Sun, Nucleus-Electron?

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Graduate Challenges in Determining the Density of the Universe

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Undergrad Conditions for 2 Elliptical Orbits w/ Same Peri/Aphelion

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Graduate Expansion of Universe and fine structure.

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Graduate Dear Nereid and Phobos (seat belt on) can we talk about redshifts?

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Undergrad The Universe is expanding Right?

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Graduate Converting State Vectors for Solar System Bodies

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Mysterious Green Stars in Patriotic Photos

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Graduate The originator of magnetic helicity?

  • Antonio Lao
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Nature News: Surprising Findings in 2004

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Graduate Can Modifying Gravity Solve the Dark Energy Dilemma?

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Graduate Living in a Closed-Loop Universe?

  • Aki
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Graduate Could Twin Planets Be Visible to Each Other in Altered Orbits?

  • lubi
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Graduate Is There Any Gravitational Pull Between Particles Billions of Light Years Apart?

  • Zuryn
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Undergrad What is the value of Mu needed for orbit calculations in the Earth-moon system?

  • kepler
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Graduate Is Time Speeding Up in the Expanding Universe?

  • Zuryn
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Undergrad How does velocity affects the shape of orbit

  • goleafsgo113
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Graduate Could a Hollow Supermassive Black Hole Support Life Inside?

  • ObsessiveMathsFreak
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High School Ever seen a full moon in the daytime?

  • Prosthetic Head
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Graduate Multiple connected topology and gravitation

  • humanino
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Intelligent Life on Mars: MGS Sighting in Sinus Meridiani

  • nymph
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High School Sky Shade Shift: Does Color Change at Latitudes & Altitudes?

  • one_raven
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Graduate Dark Matter Particle: Top Candidates

  • wolram
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Graduate Is there a hidden layer in the universe ?

  • eighth man
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Graduate Transforming Orbital Elements from J2000 to Ecliptic Plane

  • kepler
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Graduate Is Landing on Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io a Viable Possibility?

  • Simfish
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Undergrad What Determines a Star's Life Expectancy?

  • Aphex_Twin
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Graduate What Do Observational Studies Reveal About Dark Matter Distribution?

  • Nereid
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Undergrad History of Universe (Baez timeline)

  • marcus
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Graduate Why singularities and not exclusion?

  • Gonzolo
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Undergrad Why is the sun's surface so cool?

  • Joop
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Are the objects in these pictures related?

  • rajesh
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Soemthing for the AE's or anyone else interested in Space

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High School What's Behind the Shadow of a Crescent Moon?

  • StatusX
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Graduate Could we see galaxies that were receding faster than the speed of light?

  • Mike2
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Undergrad We always see the same side of the moon

  • Gonzolo
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Graduate The Spin of Mercury: 3/2 or 1/2?

  • Hossam Aboulfotouh
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  • Poll Poll

An open letter to the closed minds

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High School Sun Transit Time: Toronto vs Boston

  • Jonstar
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High School My first thread here, about constellation

  • ThomasJoe40
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Graduate How to calculate the time taken for the sun to cool down?

  • Baggio
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Graduate What are the current hot issues in the standard cosmological model?

  • Chronos
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Graduate Why does the permeability of free space have an exact value?

  • DeadWolfe
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Undergrad Satellite Orbits: Meteostat Geostationary Orbit Explained

  • Jack16
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High School Beginner's Guide to Astrophysics: Get Started Now!

  • orchidpsycho
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Graduate Why does light/energy propagate?

  • force5
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Graduate What is meant by expanding space

  • Gonzolo
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Graduate Calculate the uncertainty of the distance to the clusters?

  • rikpotts
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Graduate Brane Worlds, the Subanthropic Principle and the Undetectability Conjecture

  • Vast
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High School How Did 19th Century Astronomers Measure the Distance to the Sun?

  • T@P
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Graduate Is the matter of black holes in our universe?

  • Gerinski
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Graduate Was All Matter Created During the Inflationary Period After the Big Bang?

  • Curious6
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Undergrad What Is the Frame of Reference for Measuring Velocity?

  • DrWarezz
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High School Is the cosmos invisible to the unaided eye?

  • ostren
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Graduate Origin of the intracluster medium

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Graduate Interstellar Gas Cloud: High Temp Mystery

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Graduate Are we ever in the present time?

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Graduate Pioneer anomaly and quintessence

  • Chronos
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High School What Does It Mean When We Say Our Universe Is Expanding?

  • kronecker
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Undergrad Powered Flight from Earth to Mars - Find Help Here

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Graduate Some results from the Hubble Ultra-deep field

  • Nereid
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Graduate How Do Gluons Affect Neutron Star Stability?

  • Orion1
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Undergrad Moon Moving Away: Why is it Increasing?

  • JV
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Graduate Exploring the Angle of Resolution in the Mercury Transit and Beyond

  • nightcleaner
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Undergrad Understanding Angular Size: Tips for Determining Object Dimensions

  • Gillipsee
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Graduate Galaxy motions -> hidden superstructure (DM)

  • Nereid
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Stargazing Picture of Jupiter's moons without a telescope

  • tony873004
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High School Astronaut's Experience Orbiting Earth at 11K mph

  • kleinma
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High School Sunrise from West: The Possibility of a Planetary Shift

  • Faizan
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Graduate Europe's long term plans for cutting edge astronomy and cosmology research

  • Nereid
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The Big Bang and the Creator's Soup

  • timejim
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Undergrad Why do stars emit electromagnetic waves?

  • neoweb
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Graduate Is Our Universe the Result of a Black Hole from a Previous Universe?

  • RAD4921
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Undergrad What is the energy of the combined body after the collision?

  • ori
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High School Can the Speed of Light Change or Increase?

  • tumor
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Looking for a good title of a book having to do with a blackhole

  • SpikeVoyager
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Graduate What Are the Implications of H. Arp's Red Shift Quanta Theory?

  • wolram
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Graduate Is cosmology in constant trouble?

  • Chronos
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High School How Can Beginners Understand Magnitude and Latitude in Astronomy?

  • A_I_
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High School Skywatcher 5.1 parabolic reflector for DSO?

  • neoweb
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Humidity and Lenses: What to Do When Too Much Dust in House

  • JasonRox
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Graduate The temperature of empty space What now?

  • Jack Martinelli
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Graduate Statistical superposition of universes

  • Loren Booda
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Graduate What can the GRACE Gravity Model 01 reveal about Earth's gravity field?

  • sol2
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Graduate Is the Kuiper Belt responsible for the subtle slowdown in Bode's law?

  • Rothiemurchus
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Graduate Is the Inflation Theory in the Early Universe Truly Possible?

  • colinr
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Are We Really Alone in the Universe?

  • Erring Flatley
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Graduate Understanding Photon Collisions with Solar Sails

  • gonzo
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Undergrad How can we study the composition of the Sun and Jupiter without direct samples?

  • S. Dilly
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High School Are There "Moons of Moons" in the Solar System?

  • BrianJ.
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