Join in expert discussion on the topics of Astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology. This may include discussion on celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole. Mainstream science only.
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Aliens/Intelligant Life forms, do they exist?
- Viper
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High School Solar System Similar to Ours Found
- quantumcarl
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Undergrad How Do Black Hole Schematics Work?
- The Grimmus
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Undergrad Out there physics/astrology question
- regina_felis
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High School Mystifying Star: Spinning So Fast It's Flattening Out?
- Sourire
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High School Scary Statistics: American Beliefs from 2002-1969
- Phobos
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What's there to see in the night sky at this time of year?
- stuffy
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Graduate Solving the Mysteries of Galaxies
- demoremda
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Undergrad Calculating Galaxy Coordinates to Avoid Star Misplacement
- Daminc
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Phobos is an Exceptionally Dark Object in the Solar System
- Phobos
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High School What Are the Latest and Upcoming Missions to the Outer Planets?
- phi1978
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Graduate Second black hole may lurk at Milky Way's heart
- Ivan Seeking
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Graduate So, what is the right question to ask about this topic?
- Tyger
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High School Moon-Earth Position: Apollo 8 Photo Examined
- StephenPrivitera
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Graduate The Direction of Space: Is Light Traveling Around the Periphery?
- Les Sleeth
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Graduate Could Sub-Universes Exist Within an Infinite Multiverse?
- JetBlckNewYr03
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Graduate Is the Universe Shaped Like a Three-Torus?
- Kagmi
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If everything was increased in size equally, would it matter?
- wolram
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Graduate Age of a Distant Galaxy: Is It Double?
- AndersHermansson
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Undergrad Big Bang vs White Hole: The Truth Revealed
- MathematicalPhysicist
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Graduate 96 percent of cosmos puzzles astronomers
- Ivan Seeking
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Graduate Does the Universe Behave Logically or Illogically?
- Mentat
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Graduate What Are Supernumerary Dimensions and Their Role in LQG Theory?
- Sauron
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Graduate How Does Gravity Affect Light?
- marcus
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Graduate Are There Viable Alternatives to Dark Matter in Explaining Galactic Motion?
- drag
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Graduate What are Stephen Hawking's Calculations on the Eternity of the Universe?
- hope0123
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Graduate Reverse Time in Big Crunch: Is It Real or Just a Flawed Logic?
- maximus
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Undergrad Understand Doppler Effect: Hubble & Stars Moving Away
- jakrabb
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Graduate Strange star puzzles astronomers: BBC
- Ivan Seeking
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High School Absolute zero for the boomerang nebula?
- wolram
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High School Is the Sun More Spherical or Oval? Investigating the Shape of Our Closest Star
- brum
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Graduate Will Earth's Moon Follow Other Moons into a Ring System?
- StephenPrivitera
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Mars Closest to Earth: Latest News & Mission Plans
- Kerrie
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Graduate The Infinity Experience: Can we truly comprehend infinity?
- RuroumiKenshin
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High School A question of Planetary formation.
- Mentat
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Undergrad Dark Matter: What Is It & How Will It Change Astronomy?
- Raven
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High School Slowing Down a Telescope: Showercaps, Endcaps & Dustcovers
- kyle_soule
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Graduate Does nonbaryonic dark matter exist?
- Tyger
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Stargazing Need advice/opinions on a telescope
- stuffy
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High School Source of Energy for the Rotation of Earth
- BasketDaN
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Graduate Universe can surf the Big Rip; Nature article
- Ivan Seeking
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Graduate What Can We Truly Know About the Universe?
- wolram
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Undergrad The Moon's Impact on Earth: What Happens Without It?
- Saint
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Bad astronomy spurs good laughter
- Ivan Seeking
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Graduate Solving Hubble Constant with rhocrit and Cosmological Constant
- meteor
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Is Earth Alone in a Universe Full of Stars?
- Saint
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What Are the Big Changes on Mars?
- Ivan Seeking
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Graduate Is the Expansion of Space Truly Universal?
- wolram
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Graduate Light Years And Expanding Universe
- Atload
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Graduate Iron Fusion in Stars: Uncovering the Mysteries of Heavy Elements on Earth
- Atload
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Did Carl Sagan Lobby for This Iconic Image of Earth from Mars Orbit?
- Phobos
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Undergrad Information request about Galaxies
- Daminc
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High School Discover the Speed of Our Solar System
- Saint
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Has the Universe Slowed Its Expansion?
- drag
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Graduate Understanding the Sun's Gravity and Its Impact on Planetary Orbits
- Bill Gavlas
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Graduate Notion of matter, space and time
- heusdens
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Graduate Estimating Critical Mass for Expansion
- maximus
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Graduate Space Genetics: A Weird Physics Theory on Mass, Radiation, and the Universe
- heusdens
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Undergrad What Caused Uranus' Unique Rotation?
- Futobingoro
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Stargazing Best Telescope Recommendations for City Viewing Near NYC
- kleinma
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Undergrad What is the density in atoms per unit volume of most nebulas?
- dav2008
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High School Tevatron Explained: Emmy Noether's Mass Page
- wolram
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Undergrad Question about looking back in time
- kleinma
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I am the living Universe (please discuss)
- emanon
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Graduate Why the 4th dimension was created
- Duom02
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High School Earth from Mars: Why is it Blurry? | CNN Exclusive
- RuroumiKenshin
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Vipers amazing theroy on life in the universe
- Viper
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What is the name of the Milky Way's satellite galaxy?
- drag
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Graduate Local Group Direction & Solar System CMB Motion
- marcus
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Graduate How does this oscillating electromagnetic field keep its information?
- wolram
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Graduate Gravity & Vacuum in General Relativity: Is Space Flat?
- Eh
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Graduate Space: Is it a place? Or is it a physical entity?
- John MacNeil
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High School How does the rotation of the earth around the axis bring about changes
- alchemist
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Graduate Unpacking the Quantum Universe: God's Knowledge and the Role of Observations
- Alexander
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High School Are There Stars Primarily Composed of Helium?
- Loren Booda
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Graduate 3pi/Lambda = area of cosmological horizon
- marcus
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Graduate Cosmological redshift: how much energy has gone missing?
- marcus
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Graduate Lee Smolin predicted dark energy back in 1995
- marcus
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High School Star Birth: Process & Gravity Effects
- wolram
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Graduate A toolkit for working with natural units
- marcus
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Graduate One theory is that the higgs particle gives matter mass
- wolram
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Graduate What are the galactic coordinates of the Cosmic Microwave Background hotspot?
- marcus
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Graduate How long before the sun goes red giant?
- marcus
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Graduate What is the quantitative understanding of Hawking radiation from a black hole?
- marcus
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Graduate Understanding Rho Crit: The Critical Density of the Universe
- marcus
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Graduate SauwIs the concept of finite space in infinite time scientifically valid?
- Sauwelios
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Undergrad Are fundamental physical laws dependent on our choice of units of measurement?
- heusdens
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Graduate Are There Explanations for Solar Neutrino Anomalies and Hot Jupiters?
- sage
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Stargazing Effects of a massive object on light and its relation to the 1919 Eclipse
- JM2107
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Undergrad Astronomer107 and the surface gravity of a black hole
- marcus
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Graduate What's your favorite brief survey of modern cosmology?
- marcus
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Stargazing Check Out the Lunar Eclipse Tonight - Night Calculator
- kyle_soule
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Graduate Question re GP-3 orbiting gyroscopes test of relativity
- marcus
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