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Why do Jupiter’s moons have so much water?

answered Aug 15, 2022 at 19:28

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Was Galileo expecting to see so many stars?

answered Feb 28 at 0:37

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Why can't observatories just stop capturing for a few seconds when Starlink satellites pass though their field of view?

answered Sep 14, 2021 at 6:44

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How do we know that objects that appear in duplicate or triplicate, etc. due to strong gravitational lensing aren't actually multiple objects?

answered Nov 3, 2021 at 4:07

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Why are type 1b and type 1c supernovae called type 1 rather than type 2; if they result from large exploding stars, rather than accreting dwarfs?

answered Nov 15, 2021 at 5:03

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Will Mercury ever become locked to the Sun?

answered Oct 31, 2021 at 7:27

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What's the meaning of virial in Astronomy, and in particular the expression "a virialized cluster of galaxies"?

answered Sep 9, 2021 at 22:14

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Is the closest planet to another planet always the innermost planet?

answered Nov 1, 2021 at 3:55

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Is space really empty?

answered Oct 3, 2022 at 19:10

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N-body simulation still losing precision despite using arbitrary-precision arithmetic and symplectic integrator

answered Feb 11, 2022 at 18:09

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What conditions are necessary for the sun to look [as described below]

answered Mar 24, 2022 at 16:49

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Why does dust affect UV light more severe than it affects X-rays?

answered Aug 13, 2022 at 16:41

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Satellite?? Star?? I am puzzled over what I just saw

answered Sep 11, 2021 at 19:33

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Was the Nobel prize for gravitational waves handed out based on a hand-drawn theoretical curve? Has the data been fit more rigorously now?

answered Sep 25, 2021 at 6:32

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What does 's' or 'ds' or $ds^2$ mean in the Schwarzschild equation(s)?

answered Nov 8, 2021 at 22:47

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Star like moving object in the sky

answered Oct 29, 2021 at 23:34

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How do magnetic fields mess with astronomers' observations?

answered Aug 16, 2022 at 5:56

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Other Hubble spheres with no Lorentz symmetry?

answered Feb 27 at 3:31

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Are gravitational waves affected by gravity?

answered Dec 3, 2021 at 7:54

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If Theia did collide with Earth, would it have produced rings? If so, would we expect to still see at least some remnants today?

answered Dec 11, 2021 at 9:25

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How to calculate the goldilocks zones of brown dwarf stars? Do any encroach on the stars' Roche limit?

answered Dec 3, 2021 at 8:33

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Are chirped gravitational wave events generally first identified by searching through libraries of chirps?

answered Mar 25, 2022 at 0:50

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For what aspects of cosmology research can a software engineer contribute?

answered Mar 22, 2022 at 18:18

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Which factor most affects the accuracy of Kepler's Third Law when applied to solar system planets?

answered Dec 2, 2021 at 23:25

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Effects of a supernova shockwave or gravitational wave to a nearby planet's orbit?

answered Nov 5, 2021 at 7:49

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Why is the number density of neutrons much larger in neutron stars?

answered Sep 13, 2021 at 15:52

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How can eclipsing binaries be used to gauge distances?

answered Sep 14, 2021 at 6:07

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What is the best visual-aide model that most accurately depicts objects moving through warped spacetime?

answered Sep 11, 2021 at 20:25

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If Betelgeuse dimmed because of dust, what became of the dust?

answered Nov 6, 2021 at 21:37

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Could dark matter be ordinary cool matter far away?

answered Dec 20, 2022 at 21:27

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Why do Jupiter’s moons have so much water?

Was Galileo expecting to see so many stars?

Why can't observatories just stop capturing for a few seconds when Starlink satellites pass though their field of view?

How do we know that objects that appear in duplicate or triplicate, etc. due to strong gravitational lensing aren't actually multiple objects?

Why are type 1b and type 1c supernovae called type 1 rather than type 2; if they result from large exploding stars, rather than accreting dwarfs?

Will Mercury ever become locked to the Sun?

What's the meaning of virial in Astronomy, and in particular the expression "a virialized cluster of galaxies"?

Is the closest planet to another planet always the innermost planet?

Is space really empty?

N-body simulation still losing precision despite using arbitrary-precision arithmetic and symplectic integrator

What conditions are necessary for the sun to look [as described below]

Why does dust affect UV light more severe than it affects X-rays?

Satellite?? Star?? I am puzzled over what I just saw

Was the Nobel prize for gravitational waves handed out based on a hand-drawn theoretical curve? Has the data been fit more rigorously now?

What does 's' or 'ds' or $ds^2$ mean in the Schwarzschild equation(s)?

Star like moving object in the sky

How do magnetic fields mess with astronomers' observations?

Other Hubble spheres with no Lorentz symmetry?

Are gravitational waves affected by gravity?

If Theia did collide with Earth, would it have produced rings? If so, would we expect to still see at least some remnants today?

How to calculate the goldilocks zones of brown dwarf stars? Do any encroach on the stars' Roche limit?

Are chirped gravitational wave events generally first identified by searching through libraries of chirps?

For what aspects of cosmology research can a software engineer contribute?

Which factor most affects the accuracy of Kepler's Third Law when applied to solar system planets?

Effects of a supernova shockwave or gravitational wave to a nearby planet's orbit?

Why is the number density of neutrons much larger in neutron stars?

How can eclipsing binaries be used to gauge distances?

What is the best visual-aide model that most accurately depicts objects moving through warped spacetime?

If Betelgeuse dimmed because of dust, what became of the dust?

Could dark matter be ordinary cool matter far away?