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Graduate Are Dark Matter Oscillations Possible Like Atomic Vibrations?

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Graduate Velocity of receding galaxies. Hubble <-> scale factor

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Graduate Apparent size of objects at cosmological distances

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Graduate Why is there an observable universe?

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Graduate Why does the h tensor represent gravity waves?

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Graduate What Factors Influence Radiation Production from Cosmic Ray Particles?

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Undergrad How do we accurately measure distances in space?

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Graduate Density perturbations made simple

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Graduate How much matter goes into making black holes?

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Graduate Question on Smolin's theory on Black Holes and new Universes

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Graduate Space Bending: Questions & Answers

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Graduate Massive galaxy cluster could upend theory of universe evolut

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Graduate Infinite Universes: Imagining Life Forms & Math Limits

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Undergrad Trying to understand black holes

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Undergrad WMAP or Planck Maps (cartesian projection)

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Graduate Did Antimatter Annihilate Matter During the Big Bang?

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High School Jupiter gets up in Mercury's business - what happens next?

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Spectacular Spiral May Encircle Milky Way

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Graduate Is Quantum Cosmology a Viable Path to Understanding the Universe?

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Graduate Is this evidence for a space-time continuum?

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Graduate Is the universe an adiabatic system?

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Graduate Binary Star Inclination Angle probability distribution

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Graduate Depressurization in Space: Estimating Time and Effects of Meteor Penetration

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Graduate Dennis Overby article on Merging Black Holes

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Mercedes concept "mobile living space"

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Graduate Cosmology: Static Universes and Negative Curvature

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Undergrad A question about Black Holes and their Gravity

  • Dean Whaley
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Graduate Why not an eternal and infinite space?

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Graduate Gyrochronology: A Spin-Down Clock for Cool Stars

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Graduate What Secrets Does the Milky Way's Core Jet Reveal About Galactic Dynamics?

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High School Planetary motion as perpetual motion?

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Graduate Will a Rocket Reach a Distant Galaxy Moving Away Due to Space Expansion?

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The problem with the "Big Bang" .

  • RandyD123
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How can I find the distance between Epsilon Indi and Tau Ceti?

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Undergrad Reading of planets billions of light years away

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Graduate Planetary orbit disruption by passing stars

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Graduate What new theories are being proposed to explain the beginning of the universe?

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Graduate How the last days look like just before a tidal lock?

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Graduate Forming Strange Quarks in Strange Stars

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Graduate How Did Quantum Fluctuations Contribute to the Creation of the Multiverse?

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Graduate Can Life Exist in the Universe or Multiverse After the Big Crunch?

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Undergrad Converting/Creating Coordinate Systems for Other Planets?

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Graduate Can someone check my work for this problem I thought of?

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Graduate What is the value of k in the Moon's orbital precession?

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High School Best way to see Andromeda galaxy

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Graduate A Brief History Of Time (Stephen Hawking) FAQs -- Big Bang & Multiverse question

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Undergrad Do tidal forces slowly make orbits more circular?

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Graduate Baryon acoustic oscillations and sound horizon

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High School How big does a mass have to be before gravity

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Graduate Boltzmann equation for the early Universe

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Graduate Time - How Long was the first second?

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Undergrad Discover the Spectacular Sky Color on a K4.5V Main Sequence Star"

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Graduate Mass Inflation Instability in Kerr and Reisnerr black holes.

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Graduate How Do You Calculate the Correct Launch Window for an Inclined Orbit Around Io?

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Undergrad Why are there galaxies everywhere we look?

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Graduate Remind me why FLRW curvature can't switch between cases

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Undergrad Simulating Planetary Collisions: Outcomes & Results

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High School Can Small Bangs Create Mini Universes?

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Graduate Could Dark Matter be composed of neutrons?

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Graduate Calculate Sun and Moon Astronomical Parameters with VSOP87 Accuracy

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Graduate On the mathematics of interstellar colonization

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Undergrad Can i create a star from Jupiter?

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High School Why Equator only exists for a rotating body like Earth?

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Graduate Can indirect searches for DM provide insights into candidate particles?

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Graduate Pandora (Borderlands): Is this planet possible?

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Graduate An article on a possible alternative to dark energy

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High School Revolution of Planets: Rotation & Revolving Around Stars

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Graduate Where did Schwarzschild get his information for his black hole model?

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Graduate Can Inflation Avoid Selfreproduction?

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Graduate Steinhardt 16 Dec on inflation (+alts) and spirited debate

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Graduate How can superconductors be used to protect spaceships from radiation in space?

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Graduate How can we sure that physical laws are always the same in al

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Graduate Neutron Star Collapse: Q&A on Physics and Observation

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Graduate Creation of spinning neutron stars and pulsars

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Graduate Gravitational Interferometer and Kalman

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Graduate Planets collapsing into black holes?

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Graduate Inside a black hole, looking out

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High School Book recommendation on Binary systems

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Graduate Cosmic rest frame, comoving distance, and proper distance

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Graduate New Planck mission results, Ferrara December 1-5

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Undergrad Calculating Luminosity from Brightness: Where Did I Go Wrong?

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Where Can You Explore the Universe from Planck Scale to Cosmic Scale?

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Graduate Expanding Universe: Is Kinetic Energy Behind Acceleration?

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High School The 15 Million Degree Pinhead: The Sun's Core Materialized on Earth

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Graduate Percentage of Matter, Dark Matter and Baryonic Matter

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Graduate Radical new take on *uni*verse questions by Smolin, could be important

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High School Discovering Earth's View from Epsilon Indi: Answers by Chinspinner

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High School What are the atoms floating in space

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Graduate Three Important Questions (about black holes and the Big Bang)

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Do Some Stars Possess A Particular Name?

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Graduate Oberth Maneuvers Using Sun, Jupiter & Saturn: Formulations & Assumptions

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Are there any caves on the Moon?

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Graduate Sign swapping - spacelike intervals

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Undergrad Measuring the Movement of the Stars

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Undergrad How to Identify Polar Day and Night Seasons?

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Graduate Question about gravity and the shell theorem

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High School Direction in Space: Do We Launch Straight Up from the North and South Poles?

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High School What is Stellar Flux and How Does it Affect Solar Wind?

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Has Anyone Played Space Engineers?

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Graduate Do quantum fluctuation particles create gravitational effect?

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