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At what speed does the Earth move around the Sun?
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Can I communicate faster than light?
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Can two galaxies move away from each other faster than the speed of light?
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Considering the motion of the Earth, the solar system, and the galaxy, how fast am I moving while lying in bed asleep?
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Do supermassive black holes cause galaxy rotation?
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Does the particles involved in a star's final core collapse travel faster than the speed of light?
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Does the temperature of matter increase as it is accelerated to relativistic speeds?
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How can two moons of Saturn share the same orbit?
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How fast do particles travel in space?
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How fast does the Earth go at perihelion and aphelion?
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If gravity is a "curvature of space" rather than a force, why do a ball and bullet follow different paths?
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The Moon slows the Earth's rotation, but how fast was it spinning billions of years ago?
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What if the Earth rotated twice as fast?
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What is the speed of gravity?
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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?
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