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High School Dark Matter Stars: Burning Hot and Invisible

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High School Space Camera Project: Ideas for STEM & Space Exploration

  • Angela Ituriaga
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Undergrad What would happen if you moved a black hole?

  • GA470
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High School What Happens When a Black Hole Interacts with Antimatter?

  • Daniel Petka
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Undergrad Effect of rotational inertia on gravity or visa versa

  • Scott444
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High School Is Time's Flow Affected by Cosmic and Quantum Scales?

  • fwc
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High School Cepheid variable stars cause of light variance

  • Glenn G
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Undergrad Do we need Dark Matter or are we just time blind

  • Bruce Wilson
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High School If something stands absolutely still in the space can it time travel?

  • julia orbey
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Undergrad Understanding Hubble's Graph: Velocity and Time Relationship Explained

  • fencewalker
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High School Why Do Hot Stars Like Zeta Puppis Appear Blue Despite Low Wavelengths?

  • PhysKid45
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Undergrad Interstellar travel/centrifugal couching

  • Jigsaw674
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High School Why is vacuum energy assumed to be uniform?

  • newjerseyrunner
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Undergrad Object moving out of the Observable Universe due to Expansion

  • MLaw
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High School What is seen from the farthest star?

  • bubal
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High School How can the Universe grow if it is infinite?

  • Sen Turner
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Undergrad Find the Age of the Universe when Matter and Radiation densities were equal

  • FallenGod
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Undergrad Exact expression for the tensor-to-scalar ratio

  • Whitehole
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High School What can we see from the farthest reaches of the universe?

  • Lewis123
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High School Generating Plausible Star Systems

  • Dyrakean
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Graduate Does the Hadronic Era Alter the Equation of State?

  • fhenryco
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High School Black holes are creating galaxies with their gravitational force

  • acidmatic
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High School What would a timeline for the Big Rip look like?

  • FelixH
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High School What is the appropriate time/matter model for the universe?

  • BernieM
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Undergrad Can a finite universe end in heat death?

  • durant35
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High School How can I conceptualise light and the known universe

  • Lewis123
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Undergrad Problems with the theory of inflation

  • kodama
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Stargazing Trig Parallax: Measurement & Apparent Shift of Nearby Stars

  • Glenn G
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Undergrad How Does Gravity and Density Influence the Flow of Time?

  • Jens K Munk
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High School Infinite vs Expanding Universe: A Physics Conundrum Explained

  • Physics_Kid
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High School The known universe is expanding?

  • Lewis123
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Undergrad Are Galaxies Moving or is Space-Time Expanding?

  • Arman777
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Undergrad Is there any international astronomy competitions for adults

  • ahmadreza
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High School E=0. What Does That Mean for the Seasons?

  • JohnWDailey
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Stargazing Are there astronomy competitions?

  • GiantSheeps
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Undergrad Big Bang nucleosynthesis Wiki Equation for t x T^2

  • Buzz Bloom
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Undergrad Question about expansion and photon fatigue

  • Grinkle
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Stargazing Is it a true explanation of an aberration of starlight?

  • daggab
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High School Is Time Expanding Along with Space in the Expanding Universe?

  • lomidrevo
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High School Can a solar sail be accelerated 20% speed of light

  • wolram
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High School Why does expansion redshift light if....

  • unwillingly ignorant
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High School What fueled the Big Bang explosion?

  • Brunolem33
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High School Is the center of the universe empty?

  • Ed Lenarduzzi
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Stargazing [just for fun] Planet Definition

  • WaxyChicken
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Undergrad How Would Future Species Understand a Dynamic Universe?

  • maroubrabeach
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High School Would a manned flyby of Ceres be easier than a mars landing?

  • donglepuss
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High School Could Current Technology Enable a Manned Mission to Europa?

  • lifeonmercury
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High School Surface Temperatures - White Dwarf vs Neutron Star

  • Jimmy87
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Stargazing А neutron star and a photon sphere

  • daggab
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High School How long would remains be detectable?

  • newjerseyrunner
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Undergrad Could ice exist in Lunar lava tubes?

  • Al_
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High School Our atmosphere and the rotating Earth

  • pkt
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Undergrad Why do quantum physicists claim that particles can tunnel out of a quantum well?

  • shaiyefet
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Graduate Question about the age of the universe

  • Prophet
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High School Space news and events aggregator app

  • orb_yt
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Undergrad Dark Matter Particles: College Student Seeking Theorem Evidence

  • murenzi
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High School The distribution of normal matter precisely determines gravity

  • wolram
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High School Does the Frequency of Gravitational Radiation Alter the Cosmological Constant?

  • wolram
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High School Book recommendations for Big Bang Model?

  • Bran
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High School Seeing Venus with the Naked Eye - Light Pollution

  • Hawksteinman
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Graduate How Does Dark Matter Affect Galaxy Motion and Formation?

  • PhotonSSBM
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High School Why do we assume the existence of time (flow)?

  • Greeneyes
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Stargazing What is the best way to reduce overexposure in DSLR astrophotos?

  • QuantumPion
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Undergrad What Is the Cosmic Horizon and Its Relation to Black Holes?

  • Arman777
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Undergrad Are we living in a Boltzmann box ?

  • Arman777
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Undergrad A possible solution to the cosmic lithium problem

  • Chronos
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High School Top 3 brighest planets as seen from other planets

  • lifeonmercury
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High School Is Everything outside the local group moving away from us?

  • unwillingly ignorant
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High School Arecibo Message: Will It Be Received 25,000 Years Later?

  • lifeonmercury
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Graduate Detection of 6th Force of Nature: Zhang & Feng Claims

  • Chronos
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Undergrad Variations in the local value of Hubble constant

  • resurgance2001
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Undergrad How is the value of tT^2 calculated for neucleosynthesis

  • Buzz Bloom
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Stargazing Understanding Star Formation: Triggering and Transformation Explained

  • helioscenturion
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Undergrad Quasars & Redshifts: Measuring Redshifts & Jet Formation

  • Mike Holland
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Undergrad What is the link between dark matter and antimatter in the universe?

  • rootone
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High School Geology of Ceres illuminates origin of organics

  • wolram
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Stargazing Can Venus be seen during the day from sea level right now?

  • BenAS
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Undergrad Does Star's Mass Loss Challenge the Concept of Dark Energy?

  • kurt binderberger
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High School Finding the distance of two points from observer

  • Tahmeed
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High School Challenging the Existence of Black Holes: A Critical Analysis of Recent Research

  • Mohd Abdullah
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High School Animation to explain the balance of celestial bodies of the universe

  • mktsgm
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High School How can we find the curvature of a star or planet?

  • Tahmeed
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High School What part of the Moon am I looking at?

  • lifeonmercury
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Stargazing Expanding Universe: A New Theory on Dark Energy, Black Holes & More

  • mickael alain
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High School Perhaps a silly analogy - hologram light source retreating?

  • SteveSA
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High School Could neutrinos be the key to successful SETI communication?

  • Chronos
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Undergrad At which time did the CMB become dark?

  • Gerinski
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Undergrad What's the Latest on Fast Radio Bursts?

  • Chronos
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Undergrad Calculating planet's radius using a star's luminosity

  • JohnnyGui
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High School In how many years will the surface of the Sun be 75 degrees Fahrenheit?

  • lifeonmercury
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High School How can we see 45B ly away if the universe is only 13B years

  • unwillingly ignorant
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Undergrad Does the Debye Length Change with Applied Potential Strength in a Plasma?

  • Sharkey4123
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High School Comets, Water & the Sun: Investigating Earth's Origins

  • Vrbic
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High School White Hole as an explanation for the big bang and inflation

  • Tanelorn
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Undergrad Requirements for a breathable atmosphere

  • Physics quest
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Undergrad Is there a drag on Earth caused by its motion relative to the CMB rest frame?

  • substitute materials
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High School Can a photon be made energetic enough to escape a black hole

  • Leyzorek
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Undergrad Great attractor and the CMB dipole

  • Chronos
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Undergrad Matter term in Friedmann’s equation

  • Buzz Bloom
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Undergrad Is the Universe's Contraction Model Too Fine-Tuned to Be Plausible?

  • palmer eldtrich
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