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Undergrad Compute the total stellar mass from a galaxy with Red Giants

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Undergrad Colliding black holes: when will linear acceleration end?

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Undergrad Restricted three body problem (numerical simulation of gravitational attraction)

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Undergrad Gravitational field in the galaxy and Schwarzschild´s time dilation

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High School Was the initial condition extremely cold?

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Insights Calculating the Spin of Black Hole Sagittarius A* - Comments

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Undergrad Matter density in Weinberg's Cosmology book

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High School Is one side of the Earth faster at night and slower at daytime?

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High School Does galaxy formation conserve mass and angular momentum?

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Undergrad Is the inflationary universe a scientific theory?

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Undergrad Redshift Along Galactic Plane: Study & Research

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Undergrad A steady-state solution for the flow in the Boussineq approximation in a star

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Stargazing Telescope recommendations for watching a galaxy?

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Undergrad A question about a popular example of expansion

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High School Expanding Universe - Could It Be Rotating?

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Stargazing Comet 46P/Wirtanen Visible to Naked Eye Dec 16

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High School Dark matter is "normal" matter in black holes?

  • Alfredo Tifi
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Undergrad Rotation profile for radiative zone of Sun - convection

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Undergrad Is the increment of the expanding universe part of cosmology

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Undergrad What happens to a star's heat when it gets torn apart by a black hole?

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High School Does everything in space have or inherit inertia?

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High School Can Black Holes Be Annihilated?

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Graduate Model of the Universe/Multiverse

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High School Discuss Dark Matter & Light: Photons Affecting Space-Time?

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Undergrad Definition of 'dynamical equilibrium'?

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Undergrad Solar spectral intensity per wavelength - frequency

  • Drugstore Cowboy
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Undergrad What was there before everything came to existence?

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Undergrad How many galaxies do we have red shift data for?

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Undergrad Interpreting the Behavior of Galaxies in an Expanding Universe

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Stargazing What is the likelihood of another solar grand minimum occurring soon?

  • davenn
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High School When light arrives at the end of space, what happens?

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Undergrad Does Planet Mass Affect Orbital Period?

  • Johnnyallen
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High School HSC dark matter survey...where is it?

  • yahastu
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High School Is the energy of empty space concentrated differently in curved spacetime?

  • Justin Hunt
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High School What is the Correct Formula for Calculating the Velocity of Saturn's Rings?

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High School Does the Path of an Interstellar Object Curve Due to Solar System Movements?

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High School The Red Light Shift and Space Debris

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Undergrad What is the acceleration of the universe?

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High School How Does Time Dilation Vary Across the Galaxy?

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High School Expansion or Attraction: What's Driving Our Universe?

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Undergrad How do we know age of the universe?

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High School Ratio of Earth-Sized exoplanets to other sizes of exoplanet?

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Graduate How are parameters in inflation models tuned to align with CMB constraints?

  • Rafid Mahbub
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Graduate How much does peculiar velocity affect distance measurement?

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Undergrad Measuring the Effects of Dark Energy on Bound Objects: An Experimental Study

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Undergrad Were Population III stars powered entirely by p-p fusion?

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High School What is the reasoning behind MOND's modification of gravity?

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Undergrad Solid diprotium saturated vapour density

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Stargazing Possibility of small bodies of liquid etc

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Graduate Is Dark Matter a Dead End in Physics?

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Undergrad How do we calculate galactic gravitation?

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High School No low-frequency emission from Fast Radio Bursts

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Undergrad Liouville Theorem and the Expanding Universe

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High School Does dark matter interact with Baryons?

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Undergrad A little doubt regarding specific angular momentum

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Undergrad Force as a function of time/space

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Undergrad Would complexity re-emerge if cosmic expansion reversed?

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Graduate Do vacuum Ironing boards cause negative pressure in my Space

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High School IB Extended Essay in Astrophysics

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High School Barnard's Star, 6 Light-Years Away, May Have Cold SuperEarth

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Graduate Artistic sense-ualisation of elementary origins of the Universe

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Stargazing Southern hemisphere flickering orange/green star

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High School Parallel Spacetimes: Matter & Antimatter Separated?

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High School Is Dark Energy Causing the Universe's Expansion?

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Undergrad Hypatia, Elliptic orbits, conic sections

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Undergrad Positive energy density of the universe

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Undergrad List of modified gravity theories

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Graduate How to calculate Saturn's mass from Kepler's third law?

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Undergrad How much does the Universe accelerate?

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High School Magnetospheric eternally collapsing objects

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Undergrad Merging Neutron Stars: What We Know So Far

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Undergrad Calculating the Sun's core temperature?

  • bbbl67
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High School Was the universe is infinitely large at the big bang?

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Undergrad What would happen if dark energy density decreased?

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Graduate Accretion rate onto a WD over time (relation)

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Undergrad Gaia parallaxes might reduce tension for Hubble constant

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Graduate Numerical solution of the Mukhanov-Sasaki equation

  • Rafid Mahbub
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Undergrad Why Is Jupiter's Surface Gravity Not as High as Expected?

  • nmsurobert
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Undergrad Why limited discussion of only looking at history

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High School Why Doesn't Earth's Strong Gravity Crush Everything on Its Surface?

  • nichos
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High School When a star exhausted it's nuclear fuel

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Undergrad Gravity and how it starts and stops

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Undergrad Ratio of Normal to Dark Matter: Unchanged Since Beginning?

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High School What does it mean to say that "space" has a temperature?

  • Graeme M
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Undergrad Core collapse of a supernova: the "void" left by the collapsed core?

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Undergrad What areas of nano/optical research applies to astrophysics?

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High School Why Does Cosmic Growth End and Why Is Our Era Unique?

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High School Is the cosmic expansion uniform everywhere?

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Undergrad Understanding Gunn-Peterson through the Reionization epoch

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Undergrad Move the Earth Away from the Sun

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Undergrad What formulas would apply during a Big Crunch

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Undergrad Redshift of Star Light: Proportionality to Distance & Other Theories

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Undergrad What is the Drift Rate of Jupiter's Great Red Spot?

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High School What is the correct way to calculate the speed of the Great Red Spot on Jupiter?

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Undergrad Correlation between a Star's Luminosity and Distance?

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High School A Valid Position on Time Theory?

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High School Picture of the Day: Gas Swirling Around a Black Hole

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Undergrad How to differentiate Doppler shift from star emission

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High School What is containing the Universe?

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Undergrad Question on the Derivation of Temperature/Scale Factor Relation

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