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Graduate Accelerating Universe Expansion’s Implications? (layman’s questions)
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Graduate Is the Heat Death of the Universe Inevitable and What Can We Do About It?
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Graduate Plot of energy against space-time
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Model of the universe/s, multiverse's etc (just a thought nothing more )
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Graduate Evolution of Elementary particles?
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Graduate Rate and direction of expansion of the universe
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Graduate What is the evidence on Big Bang versus steady state cosmologies?
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Graduate What is CMB Rest? - Explained by Forum Experts
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Graduate Is the universe entirely predictable, or is it based in probability?
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Graduate Did Gravity Exist Before the Big Bang?
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Graduate Is the Universe Based on a Simple Binary Code?
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Graduate Age of Universe: Defining Time from Big Bang
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Graduate Possible non-existence of black holes and its consequences
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Graduate Fate of Universe: Intelligent Species Impact
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High School Black Holes and their original star
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Graduate Cosmological principle and quasar distribution
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Graduate Does the Holographic Principle Suggest a Schwartzchild Radius for the Universe?
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Opinions about April SciAm article about inflation inflation by Steinhardt?
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Graduate Varying Fine Structure Constant - Any recent results?
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Graduate Interaction between dark matter and normal matter
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Graduate Where the rules change, is it sudden?
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Undergrad Are there any theories that explain where matter and energy came from?
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Graduate The bounce and many universe theories
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Graduate Are There Other Universes Beyond Our Own?
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Graduate Quasars with high redshift in nearby galaxies
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Graduate Brian Greene: Hidden Reality Book
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Graduate Can We Identify the Center of Our Expanding Universe?
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Undergrad What Happens if a Supernova's Gamma Rays Reach Earth?
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Graduate Ballon expansion vs raisin bread expansion
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Graduate The boundaries between individual universes
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Graduate Computing the halo mass function and the SFH
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Graduate Anti-matter vs matter at creation.
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Graduate Was Halton Arp hard done by? Need some clarification. some pictures
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Undergrad Can We Go "Outside the Universe"?
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Graduate Uniform redshift in inflationary model?
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Graduate Questions on Redshift, Hubble’s Law, spacetime expansion and the standard model
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High School I was watching Stephen Hawking Into the universe and he was talking
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Graduate Hubble law&galaxies w speeds faster than light
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Graduate Time Theories: Outta Universe, Relativity, Multiverse
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Graduate Did the basic laws of physics also evolve after BB?
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Graduate Robertson-Walker metric and time expansion
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Graduate Does velocity increase gravitation?
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Graduate Could Dinosaurs Weigh Less Due to Ancient Gravitational Forces?
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Graduate Is LQC compatible with dark energy?
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Graduate Chasing the edge of the universe?
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Graduate The Value of the Cosmological Constant
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Graduate Theorists predicted the big bang to expand faster than the speed of light
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Undergrad Redshift: Speed of Light & Beyond?
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Graduate The properties of light over time/distance
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Graduate Spacetime, like an isometric weather map?
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Undergrad Big Bang Theory: Is Everything Energy?
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Graduate Space expansion vs. time speeding up
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Graduate Is the Universe's Expansion Rate Actually Slowing Down?
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Graduate Aussie Student Solves Mystery of Missing Mass in Universe
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Graduate Does My Vision of the Big Bang Reflect Mainstream Scientific Theories?
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Undergrad Is AMS-02 Truly a Game-Changer in Space Exploration?
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Undergrad Cosmology History: Timeline, Discoveries & Current Theories
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Graduate Cold Dark Matter vs Hot Dark Matter
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Undergrad What Does It Mean for the Universe to Be Flat?
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Graduate Why Does Angular Diameter Distance Decrease After Redshift z=1.5?
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Graduate A puzzling thought about the Big Bang & after
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Graduate Cosmological Models Predicting Heat Death of the Universe
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High School Discovering Binary Universe: Albert Einstein & Beyond
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Graduate Black holes and higher dimensional universe
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Graduate Puzzled by new confirmation of dark energy
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Undergrad The mesure of distances using the redshift
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Graduate What is Dark Energy? New Discoveries and Implications
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Undergrad Nebular Theory: Understanding Flattening Process
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Graduate Dark Matter Distribution in the Milky Way
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High School Imaginary Time: Explained for High School Students
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Graduate Question about detailed specifics of inflation
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Graduate Alright so here is another thing I do not fully
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Graduate News Article + Paper on Dark Energy
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Graduate Understanding curvature and dimensions
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Graduate Expansion of the Universe: Distinguishing No.1 & No.2
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Graduate What are quantum fluctuations and how could they have led to human life?
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Graduate Understanding the Accelerating Expansion of the Universe
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Graduate Can We Travel at Light Speed and Return to Earth?
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Graduate Antimatter: Physical Differences, Attraction & Behaviour
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Graduate Why do galaxies drift apart in the expanding universe?
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Graduate Is There a Maximum Rotational Velocity for Pulsars?
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Graduate What are the informations deducible from hubble diagram of supernova 1a?
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Graduate What is the True Nature of Space and Time?
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Graduate What existed before the bigbang?
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Graduate Information about stars indeterminate?
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Void Theory vs. Acceleration: Expert Commentary and Refutations
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Graduate What Came Before the Big Bang? Exploring Pre-Universe Matter and Energy
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Graduate Draw Confidence Contours to Hubble's 1929 Data
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Graduate A Closed Universe and the Horizon Problem
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Undergrad Do we see the universe the way it is?
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Graduate Does This Cosmological Model Re-Collapse?
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High School Expansion of the Universe and Time
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Undergrad Photon Questions: Atom-Atom Travel & Purpose
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Graduate So, what is the function for the redshift z as a function of distance r?
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Graduate Was the Big Bang a Low Entropy State in the Universe?
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Graduate Understanding the Effects of Dark Matter on Galaxies: Myths vs. Facts
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Watch Family Guy: The Big Bang Theory
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Graduate Can the universe evolve while in superposition?
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Graduate Origin of Electrons: Big Bang & Annihilation
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Graduate Expansion of the Universe question
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