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Graduate Ultimate configuration of a flat universe
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Graduate Where Does '13.7 Billion' Come From?
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Graduate Is Planck's Constant Constant, or Does it Vary Through Spacetime?
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Graduate Collection of known scientists that are beyond the standard model
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Graduate Does the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics Apply to Entropy in a Big Crunch?
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Graduate What are the latest exciting results from WMAP's three-year data release?
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Graduate Is the Universe Really Expanding or Just Revolving Around a Central Gravity?
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Barbara Ryden's Cosmology Book: Reviews & Opinions
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Graduate DE & DM BB product or post-BB?
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Graduate Do Cosmologists Truly Understand the Inflaton and Gravitational Fields?
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Undergrad Position of Earth in the Universe
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Graduate Different laws after a big crunch/big bang
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Graduate Is the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe Misunderstood?
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Graduate What is the purpose of the entire infinite universe?
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Time Travel Yeah I know maybe some parallel universe talk too
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Graduate Sachs-Wolfe effect and dark energy
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Undergrad Big Bang Theory: Can Universe Expand Faster than Light?
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Graduate Entropy, information and Omphalos cosmology
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Graduate What Basis Supports the Theory of an Expanding Universe?
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Graduate What is the current consensus on 7Li abundances and key research papers?
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Graduate Universe: Infinite Nature & Finite Singularity
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Graduate Observing a Body at z=6: Calculating Photon Requirements
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Graduate Is the curvature of the universe affected by dark energy and if so, how?
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Graduate Black holes and the expanding universe
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Graduate Planck - stelactic - cosmological black hole symmetry?
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Graduate Question on the expansion of space
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Graduate No Redshift from Distant Galaxies: Implications for Universe
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Graduate Thiemann's New Theory: Solving Problem of Time in GR & Cosmology
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Graduate Objects faster than light because space is expanding
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Graduate Theories without the use of cosmological principle.
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Graduate Is Every Galaxy the Center of the Universe?
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Graduate Just read decoding the universe : question
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Graduate Can the Large Number Coincidence Be Explained by Simple Scaling Laws?
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Graduate The cosmological principle in simple models of the universe
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Graduate Open closed flat confused about what universe counts
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Graduate Amount of Matter in the Universe
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Graduate Is Our Universe Flat or Embedded on a Singularity?
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Graduate Is there an Age Problem in the Mainstream Model?
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Graduate Accelerating Universe: Experiments, Acceptance & Implications
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Graduate How Can Scale-Related Mass Transform Our Understanding of Cosmological Problems?
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Graduate Could black holes be the creators of galaxies?
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Graduate Hyperbolic structures in the universe
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Undergrad How Can We Comprehend the Concept of a Finite Universe?
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Undergrad Photon coming from a far away star is redshifted?
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Graduate Tensor Vector scaler theories.
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Undergrad What Are the Expansive and Contractive Cycles of the Universe?
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Graduate The universe, are we on the right track?
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Graduate Is a zero energy universe a consequence from FRWL equations
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Graduate Book suggestion in reply to question from oldman
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Graduate The Mysteries of the Cosmos: Uncovering the Hidden Truths and Purpose"
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Graduate Relative peculiar velocity of MBR vs that of neutrino background
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Graduate 20 trillion solarmass hot cloud going 750 clicks
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Dark matter, dark energy & gravity
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Graduate Is the Universe Beyond Our Perception?
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Graduate Help stamp out travel-time distance
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Graduate Starkman tinkers with MOG (relativistic MOND)
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Graduate Terminal Velocity: Speed Beyond the Universe
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What existed before the big bang?
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Undergrad Is the Big Bang Like a Ripple in a Pond?
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Graduate Was the Big Bang a Black Hole Explosion?
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Graduate Is Causality Fundamental in the Universe?
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Graduate MOND gravity, an explanation please.
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High School Is the Universe Expanding and What Does This Mean for the Future?
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Graduate What Effect Does Cosmological Expansion Have on Solar System Mass?
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Undergrad Redshifts, what frequencies are they looking at?
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Graduate Photon frequency loss over time?
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Is the universe examining itself?
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Graduate What Density of Radiation Triggers Gravitational Clumping and Black Holes?
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Graduate How does the cosmic microwave background (CMB) define a cosmological frame?
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Undergrad Electromagnetic waves and dak matter
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Graduate The Virial theorem and Cosmology
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Graduate How could the universe possibly expand?
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High School What Are Color Shifts Like Redshift in Science?
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Graduate Why logic and reason fail when we try to trace back the origin of universe
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Graduate Cosmology-Particle Physics connection (Mark Trodden)
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Graduate Does the Hubble Constant Variation Over Time Affect the d/R = v/c Equation?
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Undergrad Can the Mass of Cosmic Rays in the Universe Be Calculated?
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Graduate How to probe the homogeneity of the universe ?
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Graduate How do you interpret the Robertson-Walker metric
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Graduate CMB vs Neutrino BG: Why Does Neutrino Transparency Occur First?
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Undergrad What Could We See If We Observed the Big Bang with a Powerful Telescope?
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Behind the border off the universe
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Graduate Behind the border off the universe
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Graduate Could Changing Gravitational Constant Explain Hubble's Law Alternatives?
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Graduate What Are the Leading Theories on Dark Energy?
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Graduate Evolution of the Observable Universe
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Graduate Why do we live in a Friedmann universe?
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Graduate Rates of galactic evolution (first 3 billion years)
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Graduate How do we know that the expansion of the universe is radially symmetric?
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Graduate Expanding Universe: Metaphysics & Consciousness
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Graduate The Issue of the Beginning (new paper by Ashtekar)
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Graduate Requesting help on diagramming the universe
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Graduate Astonishing Coincidence: Age of Universe in $\Lambda$CDM & Milne Cosmologies
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Graduate Is the universe a 3D manifold living in 4D space?
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Undergrad Origins of Universe: Chaos & The Big Bang
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High School Is the Universe Really Spherical? And What Lies Beyond?
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Graduate 'Cyclic universe' can explain cosmological constant
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High School What are Some Beginner-Friendly Books on Cosmology and General Relativity?
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Undergrad How do they measure the CMB temperature?
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Undergrad Is the existence of life just a series of improbable accidents?
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