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Graduate Observational difference between OS and FLRW
- wabbit
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Graduate Can NASA's Impossible EM Drive Revolutionize Space Travel?
- jimmylegss
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Graduate Do Dark matter and Dark energy interact?
- wolram
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Graduate Mass of a galaxy without dark matter and with dark matter
- Quarlep
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Can you see the atmosphere with you eyes or only through photos? (In space)
- Tyrion101
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Graduate How does the universe harness temperature differences to build structures?
- techmologist
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Graduate Is the Multiverse of Cantor Dust a Viable Solution to Olbers' Paradox?
- slatts
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Undergrad Which laptop operating system do astronomers most often use?
- Omega Force
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Graduate Observing galaxies that recess faster than c
- virgil1612
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Graduate Complex cyanides detected in protoplanetary disk around MWC 480
- DennisN
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Graduate Can supernovas eject stars from their orbits?
- Stephanus
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Graduate Looking for the complete fusion process inside our Sun.
- Dyatlov
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Graduate How much energy do we need to make an expanding universe?
- Quarlep
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Graduate Cold Spot in Cosmic Background Radiation
- Hugh Parker
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Undergrad Dark Matter is baryonic matter passed through a black hole?
- Silenus
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Graduate Can a Black Hole Form Directly from a Collapsing Protostar Cloud?
- Vrbic
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Undergrad Globular cluster luminosity function
- John Titor
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Graduate Cosmological and doppler redshift
- throneoo
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Graduate Do gravitational waves distort spacetime or travel with it?
- wolram
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Graduate Marcus's 'no-pressure' model in different jacket
- Jorrie
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Why is the Moon going above Jupiter in the sky?
- Raghav Gupta
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Graduate Is Neutron Star Energy a Disappointment for Nuclear Renewables?
- jlefevre76
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Stargazing Upgrade Your Telescope Today: Top 10-Inch Aperture Options Under £600
- MrRasta230
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M51 photo with 1 hour integration at 800mm f/5.6 ISO 2000
- Andy Resnick
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Graduate Life and matter in exotic spatial conditions
- Ghostcrown
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Graduate How would Pluto and Charon appear from Earth if both tidally locked in nested orbits?
- TheDarkFrontie
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Graduate What Was Space and Time Before the Big Bang?
- Emre Deveci
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Graduate Calculating albedo and eccentricity
- Chief17
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Undergrad Can Non-Destructive Methods Stop a Giant Asteroid from Hitting Earth?
- GladScientist
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High School What happens if we launched a shot from a pistol in space?
- Dr.ahmad adnan
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Graduate Discrete steps in dispersion measures of fast radio bursts
- Garth
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Graduate How Do We See The Background Radiation?
- bitznbitez
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Undergrad What Happens if a Black Hole Dies or Disappears?
- Emmanuel_Euler
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What stars/star systems can I see tonight?
- leroyjenkens
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High School Is Oxygen-Based Life Possible in Other Galaxies?
- Swetha.M.L
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Undergrad Re. Dark matter. Concept of nothing
- Philip Carvey
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Graduate Standard candle - in question - affects distance estimates
- jim mcnamara
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Graduate Flat galaxy rotation curves without dark matter
- Mike Stalkfleet
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Undergrad Which is the most powerful black hole or a worm hole and why
- Dr.ahmad adnan
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Graduate How to check a statement about orbital angles of exoplanets?
- Fabioonier
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Graduate How can BAO and SN constraints be compared for measuring dark energy?
- wolram
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Graduate What is the Purpose of Fitting Supernova Remnant Spectra?
- coca-cola
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Graduate Can a Single Particle Move in an Empty Universe?
- CaptDude
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CRAYFIS Initiative: Is it Worth Joining?
- Frimus
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Undergrad How scientists have measured universe?
- bilal99uzzzz
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Undergrad Olbers' paradox and infinite number of stars
- brianhurren
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Graduate Why Does Luminosity Drop Before a Star Becomes a White Dwarf?
- virgil1612
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Centaurus A image from a 27.5 inch telescope
- Drakkith
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Omega Centauri: Amazing Image from 2-Month Clear Night
- davenn
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NASA pictures of dark matter collisions
- jim mcnamara
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Graduate Saha equation partition function for Argon?
- randombill
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Undergrad Much ado about (almost) nothing ?
- diogenesNY
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Graduate Which stage of the sun consists neutron star/stars
- Dr.ahmad adnan
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High School From what dark matter in space consist of?
- Dr.ahmad adnan
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Astronomy Calendar of Celestial Events
- Greg Bernhardt
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Graduate Looking for free downloadable articles on primordial He
- houlahound
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Graduate Visualizing a wormhole and black hole for Interstellar
- marcus
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Undergrad Why is the sun mostly hydrogen if heavy elements sank to the center?
- johnmtb
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Graduate Can a radius of curvature be calulated from omega-k?
- Buzz Bloom
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Different understanding of the universe if .
- Low-Q
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Graduate Scientists observe potential signs of dark matter
- wolram
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Graduate What does a dimensionless universe mean?
- Rodrigo Cesar
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Graduate Fitting a model to astronomical data
- Buzz Bloom
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Graduate How was matter distributed in the ionized plasma before photon decoupling?
- orricl
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Undergrad Why are astronauts weightless en route to the moon?
- danlightbulb
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Undergrad Which self-contained Big Bang models do cosmologists favor?
- Philm
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Graduate Light clocks measure conformal time - detailed argument
- jcap
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Undergrad Where Did the Emptiness for the Big Bang Come From?
- HIGHLANDER TONY
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High School How does time expand?
- neatoizer
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Graduate Equilibrium at Universe (possible?)
- ChrisVer
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Graduate Heated balloon analogy for dark energy and cosmological expansion
- PWiz
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Graduate Acceleration of expansion of Universe not that fast?
- SpiderET
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Undergrad Why do geosynchronous satellites have to orbit above the Equator?
- question dude
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Graduate Did early cosmic microwave background radiation appear as visible light?
- martix
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What Does Pluto Really Look Like?
- diogenesNY
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Undergrad Is the CMB unique to our galaxy or present in all galaxies?
- wolram
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Undergrad Absolute magnitude and luminosity
- Rohan1997
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Graduate Precession of Mercury and period of rotation
- vinven7
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Undergrad Studying Astronomy: Struggling with Cosmology Maths
- mrjaffa
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Graduate Does the Higgs field mean that space has energy?
- David McArthur
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Graduate What does the abbreviation YP stand for?
- Buzz Bloom
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Undergrad Why can't we reach to Speed of light at Space?
- Majid1986
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Graduate Can axions make up dark matter?
- wolram
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Graduate Measuring redshift from type 1a supernova
- Rohan1997
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Graduate How do micro black holes maintain their state?
- johnnymorales
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Undergrad Difference in power and absolute magnitude of a star
- Rohan1997
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Graduate Dark energy and type 1a supernovae?
- 21joanna12
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Graduate Is our locally measured time actually conformal time?
- jcap
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Graduate Do electron clouds collapse closer to nuclei in neutron stars?
- imsmooth
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Graduate Black Hole Time Dilation And Observation Of Accretion
- c-english
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Graduate How does dark energy increase without violating energy conservation?
- haisydinh
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Graduate Are Pop III Stars Finally Detected in I Zw 18?
- Chronos
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Graduate Observed Redshift Variation Over TIme
- bitznbitez
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A Space Geek's Return to the Forums
- Laura Forczyk
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Graduate Is Chaisson's View on Cosmic Evolution and Entropy Mainstream in Physics?
- Jimster41
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Chance for the public to name features on Pluto and Charon
- Mad scientist
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Graduate Argument for Grand Design, maybe?
- David McArthur
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Graduate A couple of inflationary problems
- supertramp87
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High School Have you explored the incredible galaxies at Galaxy Zoo?
- liometopum
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Graduate Does time expand along with space?
- jcap
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