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Graduate Would Dark Energy Alter Layzer's Entropy Model?

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Graduate Why doesn't dark matter clump together?

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High School Why Do We Search for Exoplanets?

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Graduate Formula for the dark energy density (dark energy formula)

  • Alexroma
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Graduate Galaxy classification survey from cosmological simulations

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Graduate Observational problems with the expanding universe theory

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Graduate Redshift at 11.9 and the Hubble Constant

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Graduate Is it wrong to see the bang as insertion of space?

  • negativzero
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Undergrad Are there any large star databases containing mass and density?

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Graduate What is the TSS Engine and how can it enhance space-related learning?

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Graduate How can we say star mass affects event horizon diameter ?

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Graduate Cosmological redshift, how fast can the universe expand?

  • P.Bo
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Graduate Given expansion, finally each particle will have only 1 neighbor

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Graduate Why Stephen Hawking says universe can create itself from nothing?

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Graduate Singularity Paradoxes: Nothing or Something?

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Undergrad What Is Space in Physics?

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Graduate Did Quasars Play a Role in the Formation of Galaxies?

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Conspiratorial cosmology - the case against the Universe

  • Garth
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Undergrad The time it takes the Earth to go around the Sun.

  • Jimmy B
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Graduate When Will the Big Crunch Happen According to Current Models?

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Undergrad Why do cosmic rays and hard X-rays heat molecular clouds while soft X-rays don't?

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Redshift FAQ article development

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Graduate Why do distant galaxies look different if inflation made the observable universe tiny?

  • HowardTheDuck
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Undergrad How big was the Universe 13 billion years ago?

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Graduate Why does dark energy repel if it has mass and curves spacetime?

  • Robin
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High School Can we treat Earth as stationary and the sun as orbiting it?

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Graduate HR diagram: magnitude - luminosity relation

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High School How does the sun burn without oxygen?

  • Anna Blanksch
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Graduate Gravitational Acceleration Differences in a Pulsar: Calculation and Comparison

  • wcase
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Graduate Decent papers/articles on black holes

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Graduate Trying to understand the oscillation of electrons in the magnetic fiel

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Graduate How did the CMB Lorentz frame get chosen?

  • Sam_Playle
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Graduate Does the boundary of the causal universe function as an event horizon?

  • benlittle
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Undergrad Cosmological constant calculation

  • ftr
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Graduate Higgs/vacuum stability and the universe

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Graduate Are WIMPs bosons or fermions?

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Graduate Schwarzschild radius for cosmological expansion vs black holes

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Undergrad How should I see the CMB picture

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Graduate A Gravitational Entropy proposal from Ellis, Tavakol, and Clifton

  • marcus
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Graduate Problems with living outside the Heliosphere?

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Graduate Possible reason for dark energy (?)

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Graduate What slowed or stopped inflation?

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Graduate Article on New Planck Satellite data

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Graduate Composition of the Universe can be Derived from PI?

  • zeroace
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Undergrad Is intelligent life inevitable given the universe's size and chemistry?

  • Whateverworks
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Interesting facts about the Universe

  • 42Physics
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Stargazing New cosmic model parameters from South Pole Telescope

  • marcus
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Undergrad Can anything truly be stationary in our constantly moving universe?

  • shinnsohai
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Graduate A history of the universe using the new Planck numbers

  • marcus
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Graduate How Does a Comet's Path Relate to Relativity and Spacetime?

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Undergrad What Are the Fastest Moving Objects in the Universe?

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Graduate Is there a reference frame where I'm absolutely at rest?

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Graduate How Does Particle Size Influence Emissivity in Circumstellar Dust?

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Graduate Large Scale anomaly in Planck data

  • skydivephil
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Graduate Is Wikipedia's Explanation of Olber's Paradox Misleading?

  • HowardTheDuck
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High School From where did our earth get its initial velocity ?

  • Sab95
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Undergrad Best tables for data of objects in our solar system?

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Graduate The Higgs mechanism and the Beginning of the Universe

  • Paulibus
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Graduate Planck mission constraints on inflation and dark energy models

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Graduate Inflation of singularity at moment of evaporation?

  • jks067
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Planck satellite results live webcast, March 21

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Undergrad Why does a third black hole get pushed away when three collide?

  • huhjinsoo
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Undergrad Inner and outer limits of the habitable zone around the Sun

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Undergrad Evolution of a star from a nebula

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Graduate Is the universe large and finite, or infinite?

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Graduate How can the universe be infinite, if it has a finite age?

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Graduate On the formation of larger bodies in space after dust attraction.

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Graduate What is a Vacuum in General Relativity?

  • Brook
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Graduate Understanding Magnetars and Neutron Stars

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Graduate Neutron Stars: Quantum or Classical Objects?

  • Raghnar
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Graduate Questions about nuclear physics inside a star

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Undergrad Gravitation as answer to whether the Universe is infinite?

  • ojbway
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Undergrad Interpreting Gravitational Lensing Images?

  • solarblast
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Undergrad Time Space Matter Characteristics

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Graduate What would happen if a black hole sucked in a cloud of hydrogen gas?

  • Crazymechanic
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Undergrad Can Planetary Gravity Flatten an Egg-Shaped Planet?

  • jaydnul
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Graduate Is Dark Matter Absorbing Photons and Emitting Undetectable Radiation?

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Graduate Differences between polarisations and temperature anisotropies in the

  • pleasehelpmeno
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Graduate History of speed of the expansion of the universe?

  • SpaceBear
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High School Looking for some good websites for Physics and Cosmology

  • 42Physics
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Graduate What speed do quasars eject matter out the galaxy?

  • Teslanumber1
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Photo of Jupiter's moons with cellphone

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Graduate Do Black Holes *actually* exist?

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Graduate Could the LHC potentially form a black hole?

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Undergrad Near earth Asteroids and a space elevator

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Graduate Does expanding space cause cumulative redshift in light from distant supernovae?

  • marcus
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Graduate Could the universe just be a piece of something bigger?

  • marshallmeyer1
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Graduate Is dark energy or dark matter created to keep the Cosmological constant

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Graduate Evidence of Dark Matter within the Solar System?

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Graduate Questions about Nuclear Fusion in the Sun

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Graduate Gravitational wave equation during cosmic inflation

  • pleasehelpmeno
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Graduate How to calculate orbitals of celestial bodies using calculus?

  • eNathan
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Finding a list of common names for FK5 stars

  • Scott S
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Graduate Can We Really Understand Black Holes If Nothing Can Escape Them?

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Stargazing Choosing a telescope between $350-450 as a beginner

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Graduate Is the big bang singularity really a rapid expansion of spacetime?

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Graduate Can we expect stars to become visible only in infrared after a while?

  • SpaceBear
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Graduate Does Matter Truly Occupy Space or is it Merely Energy in a Certain State?

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Graduate For how long the Cosmic Microwave Background was emitted?

  • SpaceBear
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Graduate Can Gravity Act Faster Than Light?

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