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Graduate Baryonic acoustic oscillations and density perturbations

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Undergrad Inverse square law explains Olbers' paradox?

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Graduate Must the curvature of space be constant?

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Graduate Superconductors and Space: Can Electricity Bend Reality?

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High School How does Andromeda look from just a set of 10x50 binoculars.

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Camelopardalis meteor shower (storm?) May 23/24

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Stargazing Telescope to see up close to nebulas and galaxies

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Nice general collection of high resolution astro images.

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Stargazing The What telescope are you using thread

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Can't actually see anything through the eye piece

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Graduate Bianchi Models and Kantowski-Sachs

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Graduate CMB and Absolute Rest: Resolving Contradiction

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Graduate Finding a constant in an expanding universe

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Graduate What is quintessential inflation and why is it considered fine-tuned?

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High School The idea of the universe repeating itself is troubling me

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High School What would gravity be in these 2 conditions

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Graduate Higgs field in the early universe

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Graduate Increasing energy scale in an expanding Universe?

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Graduate Recommendations for astrophysical simulation software.

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Stargazing Remote Telescopes for New or Old Astrophotographers

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Graduate Can Black Holes Have Poles Like Planets?

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Graduate Faith of Quantum Entanglement once it enters two different black holes

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Graduate New paper says universe not expanding - should it be taken seriously?

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Graduate The Hawking radiation and information paradox

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Undergrad How to calculate absolute magnitude of a stellar body?

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Graduate Definition of hypersurface orthogonal

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Graduate Why does the furthest stars seem to be moving away faster than light?

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Graduate Are Flat, Coplanar Orbits Only Found in Spiral Galaxies?

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Stargazing Can a Simple 80x Telescope Reach Maximum Resolution?

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Graduate Question about the CMB and WMAP

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Undergrad Apparent Magnitude: Understanding Star X's Brightness

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Graduate Do clocks speed up in an expanding Universe?

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Graduate Understanding Dark Matter: A Simple Explanation

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Graduate Dark matter and weighing galaxies

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Graduate BOSS questions cosmological constant (undecided)

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Graduate Expanding universe - energy/information conservation

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Graduate Finding the mass of a super-massive Black Hole?

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Graduate Dark Matter Formation: Exploring Big Bang Theory

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Graduate Cosmic Dynamics - Cosmological Constant

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Graduate Is Dark Matter Filling the Universe's Voids?

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Graduate A question on the meaning of dark energy

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High School Why do I see stars as a point in the sky?

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Undergrad How to look at stars to go back in time?

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Graduate Is the universe really expanding?

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Graduate What Evidence Supports Sagittarius A* as a Supermassive Black Hole?

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Undergrad Amount of solar energy per day in a given location

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High School Are There Many Suns in the Universe? A Debate

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Graduate Establishing a Mutual Coordinate System for Interstellar Communication

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Graduate "Implausibly Large Structure" in the Universe

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Undergrad Are Black Holes Really Black or Just Colorless Void?

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Graduate Doppler Effect on Light: Understanding Blue Shift in Starlight & X-ray Formation

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Graduate Could Dark Matter Be A Property of Space?

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High School Jupiter: Gas Planet? Landing Possibility & Facts

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High School Why does the Sun appear to change color throughout the day?

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Undergrad Measuring Earth's Orbit: Methods and Distortions Explained

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Graduate Hubble's Law and Acceleration: Are Distant Objects Accelerating Away from Us?

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Undergrad Why does the speed of light never slow down?

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Graduate Will the Cosmos Expand Forever or Collapse?

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Undergrad What Are the Best Resources for Understanding Star Clusters?

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Graduate Where does new space come from as the universe gets bigger?

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Graduate A couple of questions about singularities

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High School Can a triple star have a planet around it ?

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Can Pluto Regain Its Planetary Status by Cleaning Up Its Orbit?

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High School How Do Objects Hang in Outer Space?

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Graduate Sun can absorb almost 200,000 more Suns?

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Graduate Do heavier elements break down during supernova?

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Graduate The beginning for time for beginners

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Undergrad From nothing & nowhere to everything.

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Graduate Hawking Radiation and the Decay of Black Holes

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Graduate Status of Cosmic Strings and Stringy Inflation

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Graduate Could light explain dark energy?

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Graduate Is The Universe A Closed System?

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Stargazing Telescope that can easily be connected to a laptop

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Graduate A model of galactic star formation

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Graduate Dark energy and the CMB cold spot

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Graduate The first realistic virtual universe created

  • Greg Bernhardt
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High School App/program that allows you to adjust spectrums of light?

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Graduate Does Interstellar Gas Affect Atmospheric Seeing in Ground-Based Observations?

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Graduate Is Our Universe a Black Hole?

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Graduate Radius of the smallest exoplanet detectable with the transit method

  • QuantumX
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Undergrad How do we find the exact temperature of a star/galaxy?

  • Yashbhatt
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Graduate How is dark matter distributed in the Milky Way and what effects does it have?

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May 5, 6 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower

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Undergrad Titan vs Earth: Hydrocarbons vs Water - Pros and Cons for Thriving Life Forms

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Graduate Dark energy versus cosmological constant

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Graduate How could Einstein's theory contradict to the quantum mechanism?

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Graduate Inflation and superluminal expansion

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Graduate Conserved charge in FRW expansion

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Undergrad Calculating the % hydrogen and % helium

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Graduate Cosmological Constant & Fine Tuning for Life

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Graduate Number density/average distance relationship question

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Venus Jupiter and Moon Conjunction HD Timelapse

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Undergrad What Are Black Bodies & Why Are Stars Considered Them?

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Graduate Something or nothing, which is more supported?

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Graduate How is the scale factor related to redshift in the FRW model?

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Graduate Do contracting objects show red shift?

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Undergrad The Meaning of 'Proportion' in Richard Feynman's Views on the Universe

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Graduate Understanding Black Holes: Questions, Equations, and Theories

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Graduate First Hyper Velocity Star Cluster Observed

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Stargazing Expert Astrophotography Tips & Discussions | Share Your Photos!

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