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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High School The bizarre rotation of galaxies
- Wallsy
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High School Why will the sun expand as it exhausts its fuel?
- shihab-kol
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Undergrad Can planets have multiple liquid layers with circulation?
- Brage Eidsvik
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Graduate What would happen if dark energy was injected into a black hole?
- saitzan
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High School Could a brown dwarf passing through our solar system ignite Jupiter?
- Beth Doodle
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Undergrad How to derive number of nucleons in Universe?
- jcap
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Undergrad Resemblances between moon surface and earth mantle
- mark!
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Undergrad Why is the Sun Yellow/Orange and Not White?
- nmsurobert
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Why is interest in physics and astronomy declining among younger people?
- valentinacozenkova
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Undergrad Determining The Inclination Angle of A Stellar Binary System
- Phys12
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Stargazing Impact of Kepler Telescope Findings on the Drake Equation
- SciencewithDrJ
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High School Singularities in spacetime diagrams: representation or artifact?
- Cerenkov
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High School Should dark photons be gauge bosons or non-gauge bosons?
- star apple
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Undergrad First Chinese space station about to de-orbit soon
- rootone
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Graduate Is the Higgs Field Vacuum Energy Density Negative?
- deneve
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High School Why does a planet's crust contain elements heavier than iron from neutron star mergers?
- swampwiz
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Undergrad How much number crunching is necessary in some simulations?
- lpetrich
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Graduate What Are the Future Strategies for Space Exploration and Colonization?
- ISamson
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Graduate Before the Big Bang - New videos - Cambridge university
- Eleni_
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High School Do black holes exist if mathematics breaks down at the singularity?
- wolram
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High School How Large Is the Entire Universe?
- Cato
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Undergrad Nuclear batteries on space probes
- nmsurobert
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High School Does Modern Astronomy have a problem?
- carl susumu
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High School Why is the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter?
- shihab-kol
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High School How does LIGO measure gravitational waves
- AamsterC2
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Undergrad Center of Image - Brightness Distribution
- BOAS
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Undergrad Difference between oscillatory/cyclic model and big bounce?
- Suekdccia
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Undergrad Dark Matter Simulation in Today's APOD
- Buzz Bloom
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Undergrad Do causal patches with different matter reach thermal equilibrium at different rates?
- durant35
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High School Can I average travel times at initial and final velocity?
- Mantikore
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Stargazing Stunning Telescope Photo of Vega Captured with 130mm Eyepiece - See the Beauty!
- bruha
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Undergrad Enforcing artificial frozen orbit
- a_potato
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High School Where Did All the Matter in the Universe Come From?
- ISamson
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Graduate Why Are These Accretion Disk Concepts Challenging?
- Shan K
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Undergrad Angular momentum of the Universe
- rootone
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Undergrad Is there a stellar type that would make Firefly possible?
- DET
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Stargazing Why are there no stars visible on a clear night in Ireland?
- rootone
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Undergrad Cosmological constant problem, interesting solution?
- windy miller
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High School Should we search for non-biological "life"?
- SciencewithDrJ
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High School Apparent magnitude / absolute magnitude / luminosity
- mtig
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Undergrad Is there an alternative theory to dark matter?
- KBon
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Undergrad How to determine if an asteroid will burn up or hit Earth?
- justiny92
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High School Would a hidden planet behind the sun cause extreme tides and earthquakes?
- jayzun
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High School Wobbling galaxies: New evidence for dark matter
- wolram
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Undergrad Instability of the Solar System
- Silviu
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Undergrad What is the difference between phase space and state-space?
- student-engineer
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Undergrad Source of Heavier than Iron Nucleosynthesis
- SciencewithDrJ
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Stargazing Does pixel binning reduce noise better than software filtering?
- sophiecentaur
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High School How Do Electromagnetic Stellar Gravity Waves Simulate Sound at LIGO?
- carl susumu
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Stargazing Telescope Guiding Techniques: Improving Exposure Times through Auto Guiding
- sophiecentaur
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High School Does a gravitational wave change the speed of light?
- Happiness
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High School Telescope and Stopwatch for the Mass of a Planet
- Abu
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Undergrad Does knot theory explain why the universe is three-dimensional?
- wolram
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Undergrad Vibrations of astronomical bodies
- Stickman76
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High School We could lose electricity and satellites due to solar flares
- ianz1234
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Undergrad Can a supernova produce multiple stars?
- Albertgauss
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Stargazing What will be the outcome of the NGC4993 neutron remnant collision?
- JDL1964
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Insights Getting Started with Solar System Imaging - Comments
- NFuller
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Undergrad Number of galaxies in the Universe
- davidge
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Graduate Does gravitational collapse limit Neutron Star size?
- Will Oakley
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Undergrad Is Inflation unlikely or likely?
- star apple
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Undergrad Is it possible to have a black star?
- bbbl67
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High School Is the Edge of the Universe Defined by the Cosmic Microwave Background?
- SocratesRedux
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Undergrad Can a finite universe become infinite through expansion?
- laymanB
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Undergrad LIGO: How to Know Wave Direction?
- nmsurobert
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Undergrad Why does Hubble sphere expand with time?
- Happiness
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Undergrad Heavy elements from neutron star collisions?
- maline
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Undergrad Electromagnetism in the Lithosphere and Ionosphere
- Paul Brooke
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Undergrad Neutron star merge why didn't all EM radiation came at once?
- Borek
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Undergrad Why is U replaced by -kc² in the Friedmann equation derivation?
- Das apashanka
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Undergrad Why is the Matter+Lambda Universe Equation Equal to 1-Ω?
- Das apashanka
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High School The star's core cannot withstand its own gravitational force?
- Karagoz
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Graduate Quantum fluctuations of the metastable false vacuum
- momo666
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Undergrad Moving through space vs sitting in an expanding space
- Happiness
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Graduate Is gravitational constant unchanging over age of universe?
- Gate2wire
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Undergrad Dark Energy and the Cyclic Universe?
- bbbl67
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High School Dark matter and SMBH orbital decay
- newjerseyrunner
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Undergrad How does the solar wind affect power grids?
- rachelph
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High School Does Verlinde's theory explain galaxy rotation without dark matter?
- resurgance2001
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High School What is dark energy in the fabric of space-time?
- Daine
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Undergrad Dark matter theories for an astrophysics presentation
- Erenjaeger
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High School They found some missing mass, Hideki Tanimura Institute of S
- Spinnor
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High School Ring Found Around Pluto Neighbor Haumea
- CygnusX-1
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Undergrad Dark Matter Disc Evidence: New Possibilities in Milky Way Galaxy
- Buzz Bloom
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High School The Factors affecting the Orbitals of a moon
- Copernicus45
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Undergrad Actual number of stars in the Milky Way
- Stickman76
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Stargazing What's the Best Telescope for Astrophotography Under $1,500?
- kolleamm
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Graduate Are period 5 elements common in most stars?
- Guilherme Franco
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Undergrad Methods of Hawking radiation generation
- Leyzorek
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Undergrad Galaxy Rotation Curves and Mass Discrepancy
- redtree
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Stargazing Focussing a Pentax K S2 with Live View for Moon Photography
- sophiecentaur
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Undergrad Where Does the Cosmic Microwave Background Come From and How is it Measured?
- Silviu
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Undergrad Tight grouping of exoplanets 295RA 45dec
- nearc
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Stargazing Recommendations for a beginner telescope under $100
- chrismcgivney
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Stargazing What was the reaction to the Hubble telescope's pictures?
- revv
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Undergrad Is the Sun considered a dwarf star?
- Roach DN
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High School Has anyone photographed the spectrum of ball lightning?
- efdee
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Undergrad Is there a table of electric dipole moments for celestial bodies?
- Philosophaie
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Undergrad Dark Energy Not Constant: New Claims
- windy miller
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High School Can inertia be quantised? McCulloch's solution to galaxy rotation without dark matter?
- wolram
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