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Graduate A. Pacholczyk: Radio Astrophysics (need a favor)
- Teenion
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Graduate Amount of dark Energy at different times
- 69911e
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Graduate Number density: Initial fluctuation strength and more....
- shadishacker
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Graduate Regarding the relationship of mass, velocity, and time
- mountainman
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Graduate Hubble Law and expanding universe
- Huej
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Graduate Is T Pyxis a Real Threat to Earth?
- AdamAutism1998
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Graduate White Holes: Real or Hypothesis?
- Astro-Anouar
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Graduate Galactic density in the low-mid distances from core
- Gerinski
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Graduate Are Electrons Really Indistinguishable in the One Electron Universe?
- Quotidian
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Graduate Black Holes, Light & Photons: Mass & Speed
- ganguly pranav
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Graduate Will VY Canis Majoris be the next massive star to go supernova?
- eachus
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Astrophotography with New Sensor - Improved Alignment & Stabilization
- Andy Resnick
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Undergrad Acceleration and Dark Energy Clarification
- something111
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Graduate CMB Depth: 115000 LY & Its Impact on Analysis
- Gerinski
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High School How many stars we can see from Earth?
- Astrodent
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Graduate Is disorder required to store information?
- 24forChromium
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Geminid Meteor Shower: Peak Rates Up to 120/hr Dec 13-14
- davenn
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Graduate Question about Recombination Redshift values
- Dr. Strange
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Graduate Why do Quantum Fluctuations need Inflation?
- Dr. Strange
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Graduate Is WD 1445+017 b the remains of a star?
- AdamAutism1998
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Graduate Inflation and Curvature: Examining the Relationship Since the Big Bang
- Pianorak
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Graduate How redshift/brightness lead to acceleration/deceleration?
- astrobird
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Graduate Understanding Dark Energy and the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe
- Daniel K
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Graduate Interesting article about dark matter
- Tanelorn
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High School Is Voyager 40k years from a star?
- Rob Haskell
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High School Could Solar Wind and CMEs be Causing Magnetic Storms on Comet Catalina?
- discosucks
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Undergrad Theories about why the universe is expanding faster
- electric jake
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Graduate Does Jupiter have precession of the equinoxes?
- Hornbein
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Graduate How Do Binary Dwarf/Neutron Stars get so close?
- AdamAutism1998
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Undergrad What Causes the Sun's Unusual Orbital Path in a Java Solar System Model?
- whatisreality
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Graduate Possible LBV Detected in Mayall II Star Cluster
- AdamAutism1998
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High School Anyone see the brief flash in Orion last night?
- bahamagreen
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Graduate Dark Energy: What is the expected form of the equation?
- 69911e
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Graduate How is the first peak of the CMB calculated?
- Dr. Strange
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Graduate What is the Role of Quantum Fluctuations in the Formation of Black Holes?
- wolram
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Graduate Accounting for time passed in our observation of the universe
- Rob Haskell
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Graduate Is it possible to shift between parallel universes?
- Dom1
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Undergrad Delta-v to overcome atmospheric and gravity drag at 13km?
- Treva31
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Graduate Higgs Boson Decays into Dark MAtter
- Quds Akbar
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Graduate Antineutrinos Candidates for Dark Matter?
- endoftimes
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Undergrad Sun Orbits Center of Mass w/ Jupiter & Earth: How To Calculate?
- whatisreality
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Graduate Q: Deep Sky Stacker hints & tips
- Andy Resnick
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Stargazing Compute In-Band Irradiance with an Infrared Telescope
- user57304
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Undergrad Force required to "move" asteroid
- abhaybakshi
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Undergrad Image Processing Software for Solar Astrophysics Research
- Camilo160
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Graduate Question regarding What is the universe made of?
- Buzz Bloom
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High School What is the Physical Meaning of Permittivity of Free Space?
- gracy
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Undergrad Ball thrown from ISS to earth at right angle to it's path
- abhaybakshi
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Undergrad Why they don't increase altitude of ISS to overcome drag
- abhaybakshi
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Graduate Does Increasing Luminosity Affect the Percentage of Dark Matter in a Galaxy?
- Huej
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Graduate Were the "Dark Ages" really dark?
- Gerinski
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High School Why there are summer and winter seasons?
- Hectix
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Undergrad Abt seeing the Andromeda Galaxy with the naked eye in future
- Algren
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Undergrad How Does Rosetta Maintain Orbit Around a Low-Gravity Comet?
- abhaybakshi
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Undergrad There must be a center of the universe....?
- thetexan
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High School Transit of Venus: Venus Passes Directly Between Sun & Superior Planet
- azizlwl
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Space Question -- If I kept going down past the solar system....
- Alexis Deitz
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Online Sources for Kepler Exoplanet Data
- DuckAmuck
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Graduate Question re equilibrium abundance of a protons and electrons
- Buzz Bloom
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Undergrad Why is normal force in a satellite zero?
- Yatin
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Graduate Is it possible that "dark matter" is a side effect?
- SCSF
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Undergrad Two satellites A and B move around earth in a circular orbit
- Yatin
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Graduate Inflation, comoving Hubble radius and particle horizon
- JJNic
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Undergrad Will Radial Escape Velocity Launch a Satellite Into Orbit?
- Yatin
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Graduate Calculating Core Temperature of a Brown Dwarf
- rpthomps
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High School So I want to bend space lots of times
- 3301
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What can a newcomer to astronomy bring to the table?
- Ironmanlet
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Graduate Black holes' existence from our point of view
- Gerinski
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Graduate Gravitational effect of a black hole based on distance
- Gerinski
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Graduate How (un)stable are the Lagrangian points 1, 2 and 3?
- xpell
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High School Difference between Cosmology and Astronomy
- Salman Ranjha
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Undergrad The Big Bang Theory a Fairy Tale? So says presidential candidate Ben Carson....
- gleem
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Graduate If black holes never exceed a certain mass....
- stooch
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Graduate Does All Energy Affect Spacetime Curvature?
- TimeRip496
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Graduate Does time dilation occur between comoving galaxies?
- eugene pletcher
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Undergrad Can a Lost Spaceship Navigate Back to Earth in the Milky Way?
- KenNKC
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High School Retrograde Motion: What is it & How Does it Work?
- Sobi
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Graduate Is the Universe Expanding Faster Than the Speed of Light?
- myric
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Undergrad Question about relative abundance of particles before annihilation
- Buzz Bloom
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Graduate Why is there no DM halo around the solar system?
- Buzz Bloom
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High School Will We Witness a Daytime Visible Supernova in the Near Future?
- Sobi
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Graduate Describing elliptic orbit as a parametric function
- Tegewaldt
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Graduate Can space itself act as an fuel?
- ForcaNL
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Full Moon Photography: Mastering Settings at 25%
- Andy Resnick
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Undergrad How do black holes get so massive
- wolram
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Graduate Some questions on the Cosmological Principle
- rede96
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Graduate Can a galaxy at z=8.68 disprove the LCDM theory?
- wolram
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Graduate An argument that massive particles don't redshift?
- jcap
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Stargazing What Type of Telescope Should I Buy as a Beginner?
- Ibn Sina
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Graduate Ancient Galaxies twice the size of the Milky Way
- Tanelorn
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Undergrad Drake Equation: Explaining N Value
- Andrew Jacobson
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High School What is Dark Matter and Dark Energy?
- Aero_Arnendu
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Graduate Did Venus's Lack of Plate Tectonics Contribute to Losing Its Oceans?
- innerlight
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Graduate The Duration of the Big Bang: Exploding Myths and Misconceptions
- Brunolem33
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High School Newly Discovered Trans-Neptunian Dwarf Planet
- |Glitch|
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Graduate Does negative gravity play a role in the expansion of the universe?
- michaeljmj
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Graduate Light beams, from the present to the time of the big bang
- eugene pletcher
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Graduate Unexpected distant values of m/r in a finite universe
- Jonathan Scott
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Stargazing Basics of Using a Telescope - Locating Stars (RA)
- Jimmy87
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Graduate Chem analysis to start at best site for low-gravity industry
- marcus
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