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Is solar wind positively charged?

answered Aug 15, 2011 at 14:40

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Dependence of Friction on Area

answered Oct 26, 2011 at 10:01

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Does a Lorentz-contracted object float or sink?

answered Jan 7, 2012 at 15:00

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What are the prerequisites to studying general relativity?

answered Aug 28, 2011 at 21:29

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Why build nuclear reactors on shorelines?

answered Mar 21, 2011 at 18:40

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How can Voyager 1 escape gravity of moons and planets?

answered Dec 20, 2011 at 16:59

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Is there a way to create an artificial solar eclipse?

answered Jan 7, 2012 at 16:17

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Are our telescopes capable of taking actual images of brown dwarfs?

answered Aug 25, 2011 at 18:44

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How do we determine what distant planets, stars etc are made of?

answered Aug 29, 2011 at 10:34

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What happens when astronomical bodies made up of Dark Matter collapse or collide?

answered Oct 17, 2011 at 12:31

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Why do all the planets of the solar system orbit in roughly the same 2D plane?

answered Apr 12, 2011 at 13:23

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Two masses in deep space - collide or orbit?

answered Aug 26, 2011 at 15:03

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Why does amount of protons define how matter is?

answered Mar 14, 2011 at 23:35

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Amateur Stargazing (30 degrees N)

answered Aug 22, 2011 at 9:36

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Why does the Earth rotate?

answered Nov 22, 2011 at 11:04

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Could a sleeping bag be warmer if you are naked inside?

answered Dec 19, 2011 at 14:08

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What to show a beginner

answered Aug 30, 2011 at 15:49

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"Reverse engineering" of a horoscope?

answered Sep 23, 2011 at 8:47

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Why is it hard to write a computer program to detect patterns which planethunters is asking us to figure out?

answered Sep 23, 2011 at 8:52

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Does anybody actually do astrometry in the 21st century?

answered Nov 17, 2011 at 11:41

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Is there a limit to the resolving power of a mirror telescope?

answered Dec 14, 2011 at 17:17

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Are Uncertainties in Measurements Important?

answered Dec 18, 2011 at 18:27

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Video of Earth spinning?

answered Oct 4, 2011 at 13:34

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How is the Hanbury-Brown and Twiss effect used to measure the size of stars?

answered Dec 6, 2011 at 18:13

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What is the difference between gravitation and magnetism?

answered Oct 4, 2011 at 10:37

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What does the LHC do afterwards?

answered Apr 20, 2011 at 16:57

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Any resources to learn how to interpret formulae/diagrams?

answered May 18, 2011 at 10:19

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Giant string in space

answered Mar 14, 2011 at 23:43

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Photon hitting an atom with higher energy than needed to ionize

answered Apr 3, 2011 at 20:14

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Could the contents of a bottle affect the surface temperature of that bottle?

answered Sep 26, 2011 at 15:49

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Is solar wind positively charged?

Dependence of Friction on Area

Does a Lorentz-contracted object float or sink?

What are the prerequisites to studying general relativity?

Why build nuclear reactors on shorelines?

How can Voyager 1 escape gravity of moons and planets?

Is there a way to create an artificial solar eclipse?

Are our telescopes capable of taking actual images of brown dwarfs?

How do we determine what distant planets, stars etc are made of?

What happens when astronomical bodies made up of Dark Matter collapse or collide?

Why do all the planets of the solar system orbit in roughly the same 2D plane?

Two masses in deep space - collide or orbit?

Why does amount of protons define how matter is?

Amateur Stargazing (30 degrees N)

Why does the Earth rotate?

Could a sleeping bag be warmer if you are naked inside?

What to show a beginner

"Reverse engineering" of a horoscope?

Why is it hard to write a computer program to detect patterns which planethunters is asking us to figure out?

Does anybody actually do astrometry in the 21st century?

Is there a limit to the resolving power of a mirror telescope?

Are Uncertainties in Measurements Important?

Video of Earth spinning?

How is the Hanbury-Brown and Twiss effect used to measure the size of stars?

What is the difference between gravitation and magnetism?

What does the LHC do afterwards?

Any resources to learn how to interpret formulae/diagrams?

Giant string in space

Photon hitting an atom with higher energy than needed to ionize

Could the contents of a bottle affect the surface temperature of that bottle?