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Graduate Source of gammas from Milky Way centre

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Undergrad What Causes Galactic Plains?

  • M.C.
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High School What is the largest known orbit?

  • M.C.
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Graduate Avoiding A Crash Course In Planetary Defense

  • Ivan Seeking
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Undergrad Spirit Rover Nightshot 'object'?

  • check
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Graduate Plotting 180 Degrees Apart Galaxies in Spacetime Diagram

  • thorium
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Graduate Unveiling the Ultra Deep Field: The Big Bang Blast of 10,000 Galaxies

  • Orion1
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Undergrad An ignorant question about cosmology

  • billy_boy_999
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Graduate Osiris, a chthonian planet - a very physical hell?

  • Nereid
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Graduate Physics in the distant universe - same as on Earth? (history question)

  • Nereid
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Undergrad How far back in time can we observe with our current technology and telescopes?

  • meteor
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Graduate Searching for the Centre of the Universe: Is it at Rest?

  • JulianHeawood
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Graduate How Does a Crystal Turn Space Inside Out?

  • Evo
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Graduate Are there practical applications for l2 in mathematics and physics?

  • sparkster
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High School Have Scientists Discovered a 10th Planet in Our Solar System?

  • Grizzlycomet
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Bush's Moon-Mars Initiative: Political Tool or Real Space Program?

  • Phobos
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Graduate Seeking Answers to Geophysical Questions About the Big Bang Theory

  • JulianHeawood
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Hubble Supernova Discovery: WOW BEAUTIFUL

  • Tsu
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Graduate Exploring the Limits of GRBs: A Look at the Integrated Sachs-Wolfe Effect

  • wolram
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Graduate Type Ia Supernovae Evidence of Cosmic Deceleration & Acceleration

  • wolram
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High School Is it Possible to Fly an Airplane on Mars?

  • Thomas1980
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Graduate Where in the UNIVERSE, if at ALL does the past exist?

  • kjacobie
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Undergrad Understanding Birkeland Currents in Space

  • wolram
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NASA Finds Evidence of "Soaking Wet" Mars with Rover

  • Phobos
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Graduate Does the MBR display orbital motion relative to us?

  • Loren Booda
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What can (US) amateur astronomers do to help save Hubble?

  • Nereid
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Remind you that Jupiter is really close to Earth

  • eagleone
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High School Astronomy Project Ideas: Star Collision & More!

  • BlackJack
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High School Can Stars Really Collide?

  • BlackJack
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Graduate WMAP Data Distortion: Recent Evidence

  • wolram
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High School How can gyros and fins on spaceships improve long-term survival in space?

  • Sariaht
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Graduate Under abundance of lithium may solve existence DM

  • wolram
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High School Unravelling the Mystery of Dark Matter

  • gunblaze
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Graduate Oscilating Universe WITH Perpetual Expansion

  • LURCH
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Graduate Why Does an Observer Not See Entering a Black Hole?

  • slow progress
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Undergrad Measuring Astronomical Distances

  • jay
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High School Earth almost put on impact alert

  • Ivan Seeking
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Graduate What is the significance of Fermat's Last Theorem in modern mathematics?

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High School What does space look like from space?

  • CGameProgrammer
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High School Comparing Telescopes: Konus 500 vs Konus 200 vs Mead LDX55

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Graduate Roser Pello's galaxy is receding at 2.3 times the speed of light

  • marcus
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Undergrad Observe all the ages of the universe

  • juan avellaneda
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Opportunity makes 'significant' finding

  • Evo
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High School UFO's trapped in the black hole

  • gunblaze
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High School Universe Age: 13 Billion Years, Revealed by Light Travel

  • Dagenais
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Graduate Effects of acceleration on black holes.

  • Lord Flasheart
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Graduate How could two Big Bangs have created the Universe?

  • Shailinder
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Graduate How Does the Gap Theory Unify Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics?

  • Radic
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Undergrad Does gravity play a role in the expansion of the universe?

  • Sko
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High School Spacefuel: Utilizing Iron-Dust as a Cheap and Efficient Fuel Source

  • Sariaht
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Graduate Physics in distant galaxies - same as on Earth? (history question)

  • Nereid
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High School Is Dark Matter Different from Black Matter?

  • alias25
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Graduate Dark Age: Galaxy & Quasar Formation ?

  • Aquafire
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Vote for Hybrid Inflation: Inflation Poll

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High School Sunspots: Viewing at Home - Simplest Method

  • wimms
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Discernment , duality and perception ,singularity (not black hole)

  • peter goldman
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Graduate Ekpyrotic model and CMB observations?

  • branebrain
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Graduate Can We Determine the Age of the Universe Based on the Color of the Night Sky?

  • Antonio Lao
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Graduate Existence of dark matter questioned

  • wolram
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Graduate Comparing different kinds of dark energy

  • marcus
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High School Why Do Stars Twinkle? Supernovas & Photons

  • alchemist
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Undergrad Questions about Universal Gravitation

  • Blood Junkie
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Amateur astronomer finds new nebula

  • chroot
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High School Exploring the Mass & Shape of the Sun

  • Guard
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Space Tourism Survey: Answers Wanted!

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Graduate Crystal Core Discovered in Dying Star

  • meteor
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Graduate Member of Michio Kakus's organisation

  • SoumyaBanerjee
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Undergrad Falling Back to Orbit: Can Rockets Change Their Orbit?

  • wimms
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High School What is the largest object discovered in the Solar System since Pluto?

  • meteor
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Undergrad Gravity acting as a repulsive forces at long distances

  • ashwin
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Graduate Could Einstein have been right originally?

  • Shawn Wheeler
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Graduate Explaining Planetary Spin: Insights and Mathematical Considerations

  • Ian
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Graduate Is There a Tuning Relationship Between Lunar and Solar Periods?

  • jjalexand
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Graduate Another idea for observing dark energy

  • marcus
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Undergrad Could Life Exist in the Hidden Oceans of Jupiter's Moons?

  • Orion1
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Graduate How Are Black Holes Linked to Time Travel?

  • startic84
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Graduate Tamara Davis thesis Expansion and Cosmic Horizons

  • marcus
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Graduate Schw. black hole ringing frequencies

  • marcus
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Black Hole People: Fact or Fiction?

  • deda
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Stargazing Hubble Space Telescope - O'Keefe forced to reconsider?

  • Nereid
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Undergrad Growth of Plants in Zero Gravity

  • ZeroGravity
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Graduate Shouldn't large bodies be hollow?

  • the_truth
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Graduate Spacetime definition in philosophy?

  • wolram
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Graduate Lubos Motl's question about absolute spacetime

  • marcus
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Undergrad Astronomers unravel a mystery of the Dark Ages

  • Ivan Seeking
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Opportunity is on the surface of Mars.

  • Integral
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Lunar Land Grab: Celestial Real Estate Sales Soar

  • Ivan Seeking
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Undergrad Are There Resources to Help Understand Black Holes for an Amateur Astronomer?

  • Shahil
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Undergrad Can Beagle 2 Lander uncover evidence of life on Mars?

  • Nommos Prime (Dogon)
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Could Someone be Watching Us? By Seth Shostak

  • Ivan Seeking
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Mars Gravity Biosatellite programme

  • mouseonmoon
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Graduate Can We Make a Black Hole on Earth?

  • lamp post
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Graduate Recoil may eject black holes from a galaxy

  • marcus
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High School What Is the Size of a Black Hole?

  • George
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Undergrad Can we really see 3D in the universe.

  • arivero
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Undergrad Opportunity Microscopic Camera Image

  • tyroman
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Graduate What the spectrum of radiation of stellar objects depends of?

  • Michael F. Dmitriyev
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Graduate Thoughts on holographic universe and existence in general

  • rody084
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High School Saturn’s Titan Eyed For Increased Exploration

  • Ivan Seeking
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Undergrad How can I determine the date and time using a Planisphere watch?

  • one_raven
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