Astronomy

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Could an hypothetical hidden black hole companion to the sun be revealed by proper motion data?
Awarded 23 hours ago
What does the Earth look like when viewed from Saturn?
Awarded 2 days ago
Why does lithium fuse at lower temperatures than hydrogen?
Awarded Nov 29 at 16:55
Why did the dust between the planets disappear during the birth of the solar system?
Awarded Nov 22 at 13:52
Is the dark side of the earth protected from the risks of solar flares?
Awarded Nov 14 at 10:10
Is there a formula for calculating surface temperature of a rocky world based on atmosphere and solar input?
Awarded Nov 9 at 17:48
Joseph Weber's aluminum cylinder
Awarded Nov 9 at 3:17
Realistic description of a sunrise viewed from the asteroid belt?
Awarded Nov 6 at 16:27
Distance of the Crab nebula and the speed of light
Awarded Nov 5 at 6:40
Gravitational field for oblate spheroid?
Awarded Nov 3 at 17:10
How can the new moon set before the sun, as will happen in some locales on November 13, 2023?
Awarded Oct 28 at 16:51
Are there plans to detect life on Earth from the outer solar system?
Awarded Oct 25 at 17:11
How do Spiral Galaxies become flat?
Awarded Oct 19 at 4:36
How much of the surface of other planets is lit by the sun?
Awarded Oct 16 at 15:08
How can telescopes see anything at all?
Awarded Oct 11 at 9:32
Did interstellar asteroid Oumuamua pass near other stars?
Awarded Oct 10 at 6:03
Why can't a half-illuminated planet support life at all?
Awarded Oct 6 at 7:40
Could 99942 Apophis break up due to Earth's gravity during 2029 flyby?
Awarded Oct 5 at 10:17
Why is Mercury's orbit so unusual?
Awarded Oct 4 at 22:18
What would happen to the Galilean moons and Titan if Jupiter and Saturn disappeared?
Awarded Oct 1 at 0:08
Why do objects burn when they enter earth's atmosphere?
Awarded Sep 24 at 8:41
Split telescope into two eyes
Awarded Sep 19 at 0:40
Orbit of the moon so that there are no eclipses
Awarded Sep 14 at 11:17
What is the longitude (value) of the sub solar point of the vernal equinox?
Awarded Sep 13 at 15:26
What is a "Gentle Giant" Black Hole?
Awarded Sep 12 at 17:51
When did astronomy first discover that the stars are bigger than the moon?
Awarded Sep 12 at 2:52
How was the First Point of Aries measured in ancient times?
Awarded Sep 12 at 0:42
Is there convection in Mars' mantle?
Awarded Sep 7 at 18:21
Could two celestial bodies with extreme magnetic fields affect each other's motion via magnetism?
Awarded Sep 7 at 0:15
Why are radio telescopes often built into natural depressions?
Awarded Aug 31 at 3:11
Would an observer standing at the edge of the "observable universe" perceive the expansion of space-time?
Awarded Aug 21 at 10:51
Understanding The Turnover Point of Angular Diameter Distance
Awarded Aug 19 at 22:33
Shouldn't very very distant objects appear magnified?
Awarded Aug 19 at 17:16
If you were on a planet orbiting a star that has a black hole companion, could you see light from your host star bent 180 degrees?
Awarded Aug 14 at 20:15
If the universe were infinite, how would it look through a telescope?
Awarded Aug 11 at 20:25
How did the year 1904 not have 367 days?
Awarded Aug 9 at 12:33
Given this report, you can see why people may think the moon landings were fake?
Awarded Aug 9 at 12:33
Position of the Moon viewed from same spot couple of months apart
Awarded Aug 3 at 21:26
Moon moving near horizon much faster than at zenith, reason? error?
Awarded Aug 3 at 16:41
How much do the constellations change if the viewpoint moves within a solar system?
Awarded Jul 21 at 1:27
Why speed of light is considered to be the fastest?
Awarded Jul 14 at 0:18
Daylight Time Expansion
Awarded Jul 8 at 14:10
Would the Earth and Moon still have tides after the Earth tidally locks to the Moon?
Awarded Jul 6 at 12:17
Why do white dwarfs cool down so slowly?
Awarded Jul 6 at 9:42
Is there a physical limit to how far we can go?
Awarded Jun 29 at 9:11
analemma for a specified lat/long at a specific time of day?
Awarded Jun 28 at 14:55
What telescope is Polish astronomer Kazimierz Kordylewski holding in this April 1964 photo at the Jagiellonian University Observatory in Krakow?
Awarded Jun 26 at 2:22
Why are sometimes the brightest star of a constellation not named alpha?
Awarded Jun 22 at 14:43
What is it like to see a brown dwarf turn into a star?
Awarded Jun 22 at 14:43
What is the mechanism through which mass is converted to thermal energy in the accretion disc of a black hole?
Awarded Jun 20 at 8:36
Gravitational lensing in Newtonian physics
Awarded Jun 18 at 4:56
Could undiscovered smaller black holes within galaxies be an explanation for dark matter?
Awarded Jun 17 at 14:26
How do astronomers calibrate the intensity scale of their spectrometers?
Awarded Jun 16 at 8:53
If two asteroids will collide, how can we call it?
Awarded Jun 15 at 18:15
What stars are brighter than any more distant stars?
Awarded Jun 12 at 11:11
How large (that is, radius) could a planet be?
Awarded Jun 5 at 21:31
Why do some images depict the same constellations differently?
Awarded Jun 3 at 10:11
Is the eventual heat death of the universe due to the expansion of the universe?
Awarded May 26 at 13:21
How close is a typical New Moon to the Sun in the sky?
Awarded May 25 at 8:18
Is Webb or any near-future telescopes like ELT capable of observing redshift changes to confirm General Relativity?
Awarded May 23 at 16:32
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