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Undergrad Difference between Cosmology and Astrophysics/Astronomy

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Graduate Novel idea for space travel (launch track around the moon)

  • udtsith
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Yay, starting my Astronomy MSc this month

  • sunrah
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Graduate How Did Fritz Zwicky Discover Dark Matter?

  • Earnest Guest
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Graduate Apple and Worm: Patching holes in spacetime game

  • diegzumillo
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Undergrad How Can Empty Space Be Curved?

  • Hankb
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Graduate Why do so many galaxies in a cluster have near zero velocity

  • Earnest Guest
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Graduate Improved MOND Model for Galaxy Cluster Kinematic Data

  • Earnest Guest
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Undergrad I'm not sure where to start with very basic cosmology

  • astralarcher
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Graduate Uncovering the Reality of Dark Matter in Published Space Maps

  • Tony Stark
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Undergrad Q: Personal magnetic fields: Protection from space radiation

  • Algren
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Graduate The age of the Universe in a denser region of TimeSpace

  • gavrosh
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Graduate Does multiverse really explain fine-tuning?

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Graduate Reappearance of matter from a horizon

  • ontodva
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Graduate Can the Universe's Acceleration be Measured in m/s^2 Instead of m/s/pc?

  • H-S-D
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Graduate The Impact of Cosmological Expansion on the Planck Length: A Quantum Perspective

  • Jimster41
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Graduate Total mass-energy v nature of forces, particles

  • tempus
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Undergrad Help with Aladin Contrast for Galaxies, Stars & Planets

  • Illogical
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Simulation of New Horizons arrival day at Pluto

  • tony873004
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Undergrad Elliptical Orbit of Sun Around Milky Way

  • iLe0
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Will Humans ever completely understand the universe?

  • Shano
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Graduate Homogeneity and isotropy in Big Bang model

  • Goddar
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Graduate LCDM Model best value of ##Ω_k##

  • RyanH42
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High School A little solar activity this week

  • davenn
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Undergrad Confusion About the Physics of Orbiting Bodies

  • ScientificMind
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Undergrad Blackbody Radiation and the Inverse Square Law

  • ecastro
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Graduate Cosmic acoustics -- why no intermediate waves on CMB map

  • jordankonisky
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Undergrad Beginning of Time: Hawking vs Greene

  • Isaac0427
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Undergrad Can time exist without space and vice versa

  • Niaboc67
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Graduate Understanding the Relationship Between Baryonic and Dark Matter in the Universe

  • RyanH42
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Graduate Implications of SMBH Entropy on DM

  • michael879
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High School Big Bang vs Black Hole: What Triggered the Expansion?

  • Stephanus
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Graduate IceCube sees astrophysical neutrinos

  • marcus
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A shot I got of Jupiter & moons last night

  • Glenstr
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Graduate Is the CMB Data Showing that We are the Center of the Universe?

  • abc5
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Undergrad If the universe is a simulation, on what does it run?

  • Stoney Pete
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Graduate Are We an Early Intelligent Species in the Universe?

  • Chronos
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Graduate Interaction Between Light and Black Holes

  • ScientificMind
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Undergrad Traveling to space aging more slowly is true?

  • praveena
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High School Does Space Really Contain Nothing?

  • mklaben15
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Graduate Over what scale is curvature measurable

  • newjerseyrunner
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RIP Jacob Bekenstein (Black Hole Entropy)

  • George Jones
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Graduate How Does the Casimir Force Relate to the Expansion of the Universe?

  • ComaBerenices
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Undergrad How do we know galaxies are exactly where we see them?

  • Armando Valle
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Undergrad Minimum possible warning for deadly comet/asteroid

  • bland
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High School How to convert Ohms to luminosity?

  • Nancee_K
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Stargazing What is the difference between linear and angular magnitude in telescopes?

  • Sobhan
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Graduate Is there an implied spherical shell mass external to the universe

  • Dukon
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Graduate Acceleration of Universe: centrifugal force?

  • petermoose
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Graduate Hydrogen/Helium Emission Spectra Temperature Dependence

  • Albertgauss
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Graduate Gamma ray bursts (GRB) and distribution of life

  • marcus
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Graduate Understanding the Metric Tensor: Definition, Equations, and Properties

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate How do we know everything in the universe is matter? (versus antimatter)

  • rumborak
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Graduate How is expansion manifested physically?

  • ash73
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Undergrad Distances in km/s vs mega parsecs or light years

  • BWV
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Graduate What cosmic "wind" is beign referenced?

  • Lino
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High School Galaxies Colliding: A Rare Phenomenon in Space

  • Sobhan
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Graduate Can we use counter-rotating rings to generate power on space

  • Wilki_22
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Undergrad Where to start learning cosmology

  • Entr0py
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Ready to Watch the Perseid Shower? Join Me for a Clear Sky Viewing!

  • Dembadon
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Graduate Does Gravity Cause Heat Flow to the Center of the Earth?

  • Chas Tennis
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Graduate Earth mimics supernovae with TGFs. No one knows how.

  • Dotini
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Graduate Is vacuum acceleration directly proportional to distance?

  • 69911e
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High School How is the Big Bang compatible with an infinite universe?

  • member 529879
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Graduate How Far Can We Exclude Alien EM Broadcasts in Our Light Cone?

  • BWV
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How big is an object in empty space?

  • =SJ=
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Graduate Can a micro black hole be created Past the horizon of a large black hole

  • jovcevskiigor
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Undergrad Why isn't the Oort Cloud shaped like a disk?

  • GiantSheeps
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Graduate Expected rate of change, if at all, of nature's constants

  • hideelo
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Graduate Is This Equation Accurate for Determining the Size of the Universe?

  • RyanH42
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High School Solar day and the amount of Earth's rotation

  • james gander
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Graduate What is the edge of the universe and what lies beyond?

  • Stephanus
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High School Questions regarding to the Accelerating universe from Novice

  • endless
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Graduate Explore the Too-Big-to-Fail Problem: A Comprehensive Assessment

  • wolram
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Graduate Primordial gravitational wave constraints from Planck 2015

  • Garth
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Graduate How many Hubble Spheres are in the universe?

  • quantumfunction
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Graduate Is the Universe Flatter Than We Thought?

  • Chronos
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Physical cosmology learning sites

  • Entr0py
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Graduate Why Can't We See Beyond the Cosmic Horizon Despite Observing the Oldest Light?

  • yazanhomsi
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Insights Approximate LCDM Expansion in Simplified Math (Part 4) - Comments

  • Jorrie
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Graduate What Determines the Fate of Our Universe?

  • gianeshwar
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Graduate Why dark matter distribution is so different in galaxies?

  • RyanH42
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Graduate Questions about black holes and wormholes

  • hnn
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Graduate Dark Matter Primer: Overview and Updates

  • wolram
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Graduate Dark Matter density given specific location

  • RyanH42
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Graduate Dark matter and Antimatter-matter

  • RyanH42
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High School Existence of Universe: How Scientists Determine Galaxy Existence

  • praveena
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Graduate Is dark matter distrubition always near galaxies?

  • RyanH42
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Graduate Neutron Star Questions: Answers to Max/Min Mass & More

  • Stephanus
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Graduate Dark energy and cosmological constant

  • yazanhomsi
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Graduate A Question Regarding Black Holes

  • Mkbul
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Graduate What is math showing inflation solves horizon problem?

  • Buzz Bloom
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Graduate Is R_h=ct a more accurate cosmological model than wCDM/LCDM?

  • wolram
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Graduate Derivation of Gott's formula for size of observable universe

  • Buzz Bloom
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Graduate Huge news about a huge structure

  • Tanelorn
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Undergrad Gravitational Influence of Stars in a Galaxy

  • Bruce Williams
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Undergrad Thermodynamics behind the heating of Saturn's moon Enceladus

  • #Thomas#
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Graduate Possible Way to Measure Dark Energy?

  • Orthokid
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Undergrad Which field deals with this(Astronomy,Astrophysics) ?

  • Christian Grey
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Graduate Do the black holes have infinite mass ?

  • kapoor_kapoor
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