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When measuring the expansion of the universe, do astronomers consider that they're seeing how galaxies moved long ago, not today? (Intermediate)
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Jan 08 |
55776 |
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How long would it take the Earth to fall into the Sun? (Intermediate)
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Jul 05 |
132834 |
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Have astronomers observed any phenomena that could be produced by extraterrestrial civilizations? (Intermediate)
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May 05 |
49324 |
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Why are accretion disks flat? (Intermediate)
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Apr 05 |
53265 |
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How do we know that nuclear fusion is still going on in the Sun? (Intermediate)
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Jan 05 |
80502 |
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Is the universe really like an expanding balloon? (Intermediate)
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Jan 05 |
81506 |
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If gravity is a "curvature of space" rather than a force, why do a ball and bullet follow different paths? (Intermediate)
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Dec 04 |
163521 |
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How can we understand the meaning of large numbers like "a million million?" (Beginner)
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Nov 04 |
44666 |
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Would extraterrestrial civilizations know that there is life on Earth? (Beginner)
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Oct 03 |
49733 |
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Will the Moon be invisible in 500 million years? (Beginner)
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Oct 03 |
67041 |
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What is apparent magnitude? (Intermediate)
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Sep 03 |
131696 |
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Is the universe expanding faster than the speed of light? (Intermediate)
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Sep 03 |
495562 |
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How do we define distance in an expanding universe? (Intermediate)
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Aug 03 |
89883 |
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When the Sun converts mass to energy, do the orbits of the planets change? (Advanced)
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Aug 03 |
120418 |
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What is the observational difference between a star and a planet? (Beginner)
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Jul 03 |
293457 |
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How long do supernova remnants last? (Intermediate)
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May 03 |
52769 |
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What is the universe expanding into? (Intermediate)
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Apr 03 |
611219 |
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How can we see galaxies if their stars are so faint? (Intermediate)
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Feb 03 |
53034 |
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Does gravity vary across the surface of the Earth? (Intermediate)
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Feb 03 |
266816 |
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What process would bring about a quark star? (Intermediate)
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Jan 03 |
49069 |
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Could there be life in the galaxies nearest to the Milky Way? (Intermediate)
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Jan 03 |
137724 |
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Does evolution contradict the second law of thermodynamics? (Intermediate)
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Jan 03 |
209244 |
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How does the brightness of a star depend on its distance from us? (Beginner)
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Dec 02 |
91405 |
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How do astronauts communicate with their families from space? (Beginner)
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Dec 02 |
80577 |
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Can you see the future as you fall into a black hole? (Intermediate)
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Dec 02 |
108703 |
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How can we see the Milky Way if we are inside it? (Intermediate)
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Dec 02 |
379503 |
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When we look back to the Big Bang, why don't we see the universe as a tiny speck of matter? (Intermediate)
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Dec 02 |
68283 |
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Why do astronauts in space need to exercise? (Beginner)
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Nov 02 |
54835 |
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Why doesn't the length of each day change much around the solstices? (Intermediate)
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Nov 02 |
94870 |
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Do we see the same stars from above and below the equator? (Beginner)
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Nov 02 |
132898 |
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Why isn't the sky bright at night if the universe has so many stars? (Intermediate)
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Nov 02 |
232122 |
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What are "blue stragglers" in globular clusters? (Intermediate)
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Nov 02 |
72301 |
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How do you calculate the lifetime of the Sun? (Advanced)
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Nov 02 |
178534 |
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How long does a solar eclipse last? (Beginner)
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Oct 02 |
168822 |
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What companies or businesses can astronomers work for? (Beginner)
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Oct 02 |
75152 |
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Why aren't accretion disks around giant stars as hot as accretion disks around black holes? (Advanced)
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Oct 02 |
45068 |
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What is the farthest in space that we have gone? (Beginner)
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Oct 02 |
134180 |
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How close does a supernova need to be to damage the Earth's environment? (Intermediate)
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Sep 02 |
53522 |
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Is light of different colors affected differently by gravity? (Intermediate)
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May 02 |
47440 |
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Why do clocks turn in the opposite direction from the Earth and Moon? (Intermediate)
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Apr 02 |
92077 |
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Do most astronomers believe in God based on the available scientific evidence? (Beginner)
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Mar 02 |
132661 |
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What can we learn from the color of a star? (Intermediate)
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Mar 02 |
179717 |
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What happens to a substance if its speed is more than the speed of light? (Intermediate)
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Mar 02 |
148384 |
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Will we ever stop having solar eclipses because of the moon's motion away from the Earth? (Intermediate)
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Feb 02 |
97096 |
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Could there have been multiple Big Bangs at different places in the universe? (Intermediate)
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Feb 02 |
71158 |
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What is the difference between the "Doppler" redshift and the "gravitational" or "cosmological" redshift? (Advanced)
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Feb 02 |
100700 |
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How do astronauts use math in their jobs? (Beginner)
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Feb 02 |
96728 |
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How does astronomy benefit humankind? (Beginner)
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Dec 01 |
127786 |
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What is the physical difference between a star and a planet? (Intermediate)
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Sep 01 |
396766 |
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Could dark energy come from matter anti-matter pairs forming spontaneously and then annihilating? (Advanced)
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Aug 01 |
49131 |
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Can gravitational lensing from intervening galaxies cause the observed ripples in the Cosmic Microwave Background? (Advanced)
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Aug 01 |
42505 |
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What does the term "visible universe" mean? (Beginner)
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Jul 01 |
55687 |
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How do astronomers use math in their jobs? (Beginner)
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May 01 |
177587 |
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What is the density of a black hole? (Advanced)
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Apr 01 |
146361 |
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Why is the moon in a different place every night? (Beginner)
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Apr 01 |
239767 |
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What happened to all the black holes that were around in the early universe? (Intermediate)
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Mar 01 |
47569 |
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Why do some eclipses take longer than others? (Intermediate)
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Jan 01 |
53765 |
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What is a star's "spectrum"? (Beginner)
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Oct 00 |
97595 |
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How can we distinguish a star's "real" color from the change in color that we observe due to the star's motion? (Intermediate)
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Oct 00 |
61304 |