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Graduate Challenging the Big Bang: Addressing Objections to the Expanding Universe Theory
- dm4b
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Graduate Redshift at 11.9 and the Hubble Constant
- phtdegroot
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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?
- Xilor
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Graduate What is the TSS Engine and how can it enhance space-related learning?
- Kirennian
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Graduate How can we say star mass affects event horizon diameter ?
- PhyHunter
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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
- negativzero
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Graduate Why Stephen Hawking says universe can create itself from nothing?
- big_bounce
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Graduate Singularity Paradoxes: Nothing or Something?
- jerryboy
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Undergrad What Is Space in Physics?
- tolove
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Graduate Did Quasars Play a Role in the Formation of Galaxies?
- SpiderET
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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?
- Devils
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Undergrad Why are Cosmic Rays and Hard X-rays Essential for Heating Molecular Clouds?
- vikasagartha
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Redshift FAQ article development
- Mordred
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Graduate Is Inflation the Key to Understanding a Flat Universe?
- HowardTheDuck
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Undergrad How big was the Universe 13 billion years ago?
- Endervhar
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Graduate Energy has mass & therefore gravity. Yet dark energy is repulsive ?
- Robin
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High School The Earth-Sun Relationship: A Matter of Perspective
- jackoblacko
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Graduate HR diagram: magnitude - luminosity relation
- stargazer3
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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
- abhiroop_k
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Graduate Trying to understand the oscillation of electrons in the magnetic fiel
- hb1547
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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
- skydivephil
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Graduate Understanding the Nature of WIMPS: Bosons or Fermions?
- snorkack
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Graduate Definiton of Schwarzschild radius clarification request
- liometopum
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Undergrad How should I see the CMB picture
- the_pulp
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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?
- StrayCatalyst
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Graduate Possible reason for dark energy (?)
- jacjac
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Graduate What slowed or stopped inflation?
- abbott287
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Graduate Article on New Planck Satellite data
- Naty1
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Graduate Composition of the Universe can be Derived from PI?
- zeroace
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Undergrad Life in Universe: Is Intelligent Life Inevitable?
- 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?
- enceladus_
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Undergrad What Are the Fastest Moving Objects in the Universe?
- EskWIRED
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Graduate Where in the universe am I absolutely still ?
- fivetide
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Graduate How Does Particle Size Influence Emissivity in Circumstellar Dust?
- robotopia
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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?
- Elecomputer
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Graduate The Higgs mechanism and the Beginning of the Universe
- Paulibus
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Graduate Planck Mission Reveals Universe Features: String Theory Hits
- Chronos
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Graduate Inflation of singularity at moment of evaporation?
- jks067
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What Exciting Discoveries Will the Live Planck Results Reveal?
- skydivephil
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Undergrad Mystery of the Pushed Away Black Hole
- huhjinsoo
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Undergrad Exploring the Habitable Zone: Limits and Possibilities for Detecting Alien Life
- willstaruss22
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Undergrad Evolution of a star from a nebula
- Sab95
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Graduate Is the universe large and finite, or infinite?
- Luciano Kurban
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Graduate How can the universe be infinite, if it has a finite age?
- Thomas1989
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Graduate On the formation of larger bodies in space after dust attraction.
- Novawatcher
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Graduate What is a Vacuum in General Relativity?
- Brook
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Graduate Understanding Magnetars and Neutron Stars
- serp777
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Graduate Neutron Stars: Quantum or Classical Objects?
- Raghnar
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Graduate Questions about nuclear physics inside a star
- aeonflux
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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
- grendizer1
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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?
- rp1220
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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
- Gliese123
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Graduate Do Black Holes *actually* exist?
- Zelyucha
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Graduate Could the LHC potentially form a black hole?
- PhysicsWanabe
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Undergrad Near earth Asteroids and a space elevator
- Paintjunkie
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Graduate Normal&good question about redshift
- 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
- arunshanker
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Graduate Evidence of Dark Matter within the Solar System?
- greswd
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Graduate Questions about Nuclear Fusion in the Sun
- enceladus_
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Graduate Gravitational Waves: Cosmic Inflation Equation
- pleasehelpmeno
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Graduate How to calculate orbitals of celestial bodies using calculus?
- eNathan
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Compiling Common Star Names for FK5 - Help Needed!
- Scott S
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Graduate Can We Really Understand Black Holes If Nothing Can Escape Them?
- E=mc4
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Stargazing Telescopes 101: Intro Guide For Beginners Under $500
- NATURE.M
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Graduate Is the big bang singularity really a rapid expansion of spacetime?
- Apophenia
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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?
- big_bounce
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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?
- arunshanker
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Graduate Rethinking Cosmology (Steinhardt)
- marcus
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High School Why are we crashing with Andromeda?
- McCartney
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Graduate Dark Energy Confusion - Unraveling the Mystery
- HowardTheDuck
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Graduate Poincaré recurrence and maximum entropy
- cryptist
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Graduate Why is Mars so easily visible to the naked eye?
- Solon
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