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Graduate Is the Universe Deterministic or Not?

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Graduate Why "Dark Energy density" instead of CC?

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Graduate Calculating relative velocity of Crab Nebula

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Graduate How would we measure time and location in space?

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Graduate Is the Universe Still Expanding Faster Than the Speed of Light?

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Graduate What is the Universe expanding into?

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Undergrad Sending information in space: an invitation to catastrophe?

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High School Help Solving Equation: Notation Explained

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Undergrad Horizontal Branch Star: A Planet-like Object Found on ALADIN

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Undergrad Earth and moon barycenter question.

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Graduate What is the key equation for distance growth in Kindercosmos?

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Graduate Gravitational Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation

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High School T: What Stars Are We Seeing Between Galaxies?

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Graduate Is the "Big Bang Theory" is on it's last breath?

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Graduate Globular cluster ejected from M87

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Graduate Distribution of energy after matter/antimatter annihilation

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Undergrad Can Magnets Bend Space-Time and Enable Time Travel?

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Graduate Shape of Universe - What would a very long stick do

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Graduate Calibration cosmic distance scale on age globular clusters

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Graduate Gravitational Waves and the Expansion of the Universe: Redshift or Not?

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Graduate Orion Nebula's Origin Uncovered?

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Graduate Tracking down Phil Trans xxxv 637

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Graduate Density Perturbations: Relation to c/H & Scale Invariance

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Undergrad Are Martian rock formations similar to those on Earth?

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Undergrad What is the mass of Jupiter's white oval storms compared to Earth?

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Build a Barn Door Tracker: Tips & Advice

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High School C: "The Big Bang Machine" on Nova: A Critique

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Graduate Quantum equations suggest the big bang never happened

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Graduate Predicting orbits and masses of as-yet-unknown bodies

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Undergrad Terminology in structure generating

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Graduate Kepler's 3rd Law: Constant Orbital Velocity Around Black Holes?

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Graduate Variance and 2 point function in perturbation theory

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Undergrad Is Cosmology a Branch of Physics or Astronomy?

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Graduate What are the important numbers in Cosmology?

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Graduate Does Gravitational Lensing Cause Red Shift in Light?

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Undergrad Virtual Solar System (formula for gravity in 3d)

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Undergrad Seasons due to Earth's elliptical orbit

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Undergrad Dark Matter Black Holes: Is it Possible?

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Graduate Is Universal Expansion Perceptible to Observers?

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Undergrad Question about solar energy: angle of incidence

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Graduate 3 fates of universe holds for which cosmological fluids?

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Undergrad Precession of Earth's axis and alignment with stars

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Graduate Why Is the Accelerated Friedmann Equation Giving Incorrect Signs?

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Graduate Quantity of matter in the universe?

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High School ET Lives in a Multi-Planet Solar System

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Graduate Possibility of multiple moons in Earth-Moon system

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Graduate Interstellar gas cloud stability

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Graduate Why did dark energy overcome dark matter to create the expanding Universe?

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Graduate Would the Big Rip make time stop?

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High School Imagine you were spinning in space

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Graduate Minimum Orbital Radius Around Black Holes

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Graduate How Did Early Black-Hole Dynamics Shape Galaxy Formation?

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High School Does the amount of matter in the universe stay at a constant amount?

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Graduate If there is a big crunch will space collapse with the matter?

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Graduate Analyzing Planck Data for No-Scale Supergravity Inflation

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Undergrad How Do Supernovae Contribute to the Birth of New Stars?

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Graduate Calculating time until apoapsis analytically

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Graduate Using atomic clocks for gravitational wave detection

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Graduate Can Galaxy Lensing Confirm Dark Matter's Presence?

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Graduate Neutron Star Collapse: Upper Limit & Physics Explained

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Graduate Scholz's star passed through the Oort cloud

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Graduate In what way is "dark energy" more than "none of the above"?

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Graduate Simulating dark matter by assuming stable solution

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Undergrad Unpacking the Big Bang: Understanding the Rapid Expansion of Space

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Unexpectly captured comet Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy

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Undergrad Relationship between characteristic energy and delta-v

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Graduate Why do people think the universe is finite?

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Graduate Planckoscope- Visualizing Planck Data

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High School Baffled by observation -- 3 lights in the night sky

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Graduate Universe Expansion: Why Objects Move Away Faster The Farther We Look

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Stargazing Research with Ritchey–Chrétien 400 mm telescope

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Graduate Dark Energy: Does Mass Loss Explain Acceleration?

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Graduate What Is the Connection Between Black Hole Entropy and the Holographic Principle?

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Graduate Questions Concerning The Planck Epoch

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Graduate Type Ia Supernova not Standard Candles? I'm confused .

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Graduate Expansion, Gravity and the Electric Force

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USB Eyepiece for Microscopes: Quality Viewing from Any Position

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Graduate Constraints on Inflation (Planck 2015 results XX)

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Graduate Is Phi Squared Inflation Compatible with Latest Planck Data?

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Graduate Has the Number of Galactic Revolutions Influenced Spiral Galaxy Formation?

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R.I.P. Dr. Val Fitch, 91. Nobel lauriate cosmologist

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High School Extra Solar Planets: Data & Answers

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Graduate How are Solar Flares and Solar Winds Generated by the Sun's Magnetic Field?

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Graduate Why did Dark Matter have less of an Impact on the Universe

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Undergrad Need data for galactic rotation curves

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Graduate Klein Gordon Equation in Quintessence Models

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Graduate Calculating the Temperature in Space

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High School Is there anything like a cosmic mirror?

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Undergrad Speed of Galaxies: Defying Physics?

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Stargazing Help with telescope/observatory data and images

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Undergrad Astronomy: Measuring Radio Wave Distance from Universe

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Undergrad "Amount" red light in red shifted light

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Graduate Does Hawking's Zero Energy Theory Resolve the Universe's Origin?

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Undergrad If the energy or matter can't be created nor destroyed,does

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Graduate Wrong Explanations for the Luminosity of Main-Sequence Stars

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Graduate Boundary for an Infinite "Open" Space

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Graduate Hawking Says, There are no black holes.

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Undergrad Is Space Really Empty and What Does That Mean for Propulsion?

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Graduate Is the Diffuse Microwave Energy from Galaxies Contributing to CMB Measurements?

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Graduate Can Quantum Mechanics Explain the Expansion and Contraction of Space-Time?

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