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What does the Earth looks like when viewed from Saturn?
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Why does lithium fuse at lower temperatures than hydrogen?
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Is Venus' north towards Earth's south
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What is the ring of light around the moon and which star seen near it?
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How do we know that ice from the S1094b event was from Mars surface and not from the impactor?
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why is it impossible to infer the surface temperature of Venus by spectroscopy observation from earth？
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What is the ring of light around the moon and which star seen near it?
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why is it impossible to infer the surface temperature of Venus by spectroscopy observation from earth？
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Why did the dust between the planets disappear during the birth of the solar system?
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Could the human body feel the sudden disappearance or end of a gravitational force?
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Is the dark side of the earth protected from the risks of solar flares?
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A mysterious signal at 14.2054 µHz
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Does the escape velocity formula take into account how a gravitationally bound object's distance to its primary increases before coming back down?
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Does the escape velocity formula take into account how a gravitationally bound object's distance to its primary increases before coming back down?
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Is there a formula for calculating surface temperature of a rocky world based on atmosphere and solar input?
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Joseph Weber's aluminum cylinder
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Why did Theia create only one moon if it struck Earth?
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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
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Why would rocky earth-like planets be rare around white dwarf stars?
Awarded Nov 5 at 11:04
Distance of the Crab nebula and the speed of light
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Could the Methuselah star be evidence that there was a universe before this one?
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Gravitational field for oblate spheroid?
Awarded Nov 3 at 15:58
Why is it so difficult to believe that the Sun once had a companion star
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Definition of a moon in an exam: "A satellite of a planet that *doesn't produce light itself but reflects it*" - is there relevance for the emphasis?
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Definition of a moon in an exam: "A satellite of a planet that *doesn't produce light itself but reflects it*" - is there relevance for the emphasis?
Awarded Oct 31 at 13:07
If the Earth had another moon would it be better protected from asteroids?
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If the Earth had another moon would it be better protected from asteroids?
Awarded Oct 30 at 19:19
Are there some (simple) mathematical models which can simulate the cellular/web structure of the universe?
Awarded Oct 29 at 13:46
How can the new moon set before the sun, as will happen in some locales on November 13, 2023?
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Does the Oort cloud have any large holes in it and if not does this mean nothing large has entered the solar system for a long time?
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Which place in the world should be best for astronomy with an optical telescope?
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Are there plans to detect life on Earth from the outer solar system?
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Which place in the world should be best for astronomy with an optical telescope?
Awarded Oct 24 at 20:17
Would it be possible to use existing radio-telescopes to do spot measurements of CMB?
Awarded Oct 21 at 2:41
What's the reason for the hollow region in Oort cloud?
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How do Spiral Galaxies become flat?
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What is the likelihood of the existence of unknown elements in the Solar System?
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How much of the surface of other planets is lit by the sun?
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Are there some (simple) mathematical models which can simulate the cellular/web structure of the universe?
Awarded Oct 13 at 22:04
Are gravitational waves emitted equally in all directions?
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Could a galaxy be the sun of a planet?
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Could a galaxy be the sun of a planet?
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How can telescopes see anything at all?
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How can telescopes see anything at all?
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Did interstellar asteroid Oumuamua pass near other stars?
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Could asteroid 'Oumuamua actually be round?
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Why can't a half-illuminated planet support life at all?
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Why can't a half-illuminated planet support life at all?
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Error in "Efficient Method for Calculating the time of Sunrise and Sunset" by Robin G Stuart
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Why is Mercury's orbit so unusual?
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How is dark matter different from ordinary (visible) matter?
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What kind of telescope would be needed to image a 10m dim object 1 million km away?
Awarded Oct 2 at 23:36
From an outsider's perspective, how can a black hole grow if nothing ever crosses the event horizon?
Awarded Oct 1 at 14:42
How do stars 1 billion times the volume of our sun form and can they become black holes?
Awarded Oct 1 at 12:10
What would happen to the Galilean moons and Titan if Jupiter and Saturn disappeared?
Awarded Sep 30 at 22:18
From an outsider's perspective, how can a black hole grow if nothing ever crosses the event horizon?
Awarded Sep 30 at 15:31
How to describe the Sun's location to an alien from our Galaxy?
Awarded Sep 30 at 14:58
In this image taken by Voyager 1, which is closer: the earth or the moon?
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