Recent questions in Astronomy

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Does the sun set earlier in the Northern Hemisphere the further North you go?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by arrow

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How can a star shine without getting burned out?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by Roki

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How far away is the Earth from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, and how quickly does it orbit around the center at that distance? Are there any other galaxies with similar characteristics to the Milky Way?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by Spyder

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Why don't we celebrate new years of other planets? The planets in our solar system Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune also take Pluto.

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by jonny morris

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Has SpaceX changed how we explore our solar system and beyond?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by NebulaOracle

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How do star and planet compare in terms of forces? A star has two balancing forces: 1. gravity inward and 2. pressure outward. How do these two forces operate in a planet? Planets have gravity but do planets have pressure? How is gravity balanced?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by Nickb88

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How could Venus be viewed at 12 am since the dark side of the Earth (night) is facing away from Venus?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by London mike 61

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Who was the first person to prove the Earth was round?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by davidnb

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If the stars we see are many light years away, doesn't that mean that many of them might no longer exist and the light from whatever event destroyed them simply hasn't reached us yet, sort of like looking into the past?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by QuantumHorizon

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If the Earth is a globe, why is it that when using long-range cameras or telescopes, we can zoom in on objects that should be hidden by the Earth's curvature? Shouldn't they be completely out of sight?

asked Jan 11, 2023 in Astronomy by EmberCharm

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Looking at the orbital plot of the ISS, I'm confused. Shouldn't the ISS cross the arctic/antarctic during its orbit? It looks like it changes direction in a sine wave.

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by viv1268

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What is the motive behind China’s “artificial sun”?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by LunarWhirl

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How is it possible that galaxies like Glass z12 (z13 formerly) could exist, as they were formed too soon and now many astronomers and astrophysics are trying to fit James Webb's data to our current theories about the beginning of the Universe?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by Steptoeste

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Is Jupiter a "brown dwarf" more than a "planet"?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by shekhar

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Is Amavasya and New Moon the same?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by Timbo66

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What do you think of the astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571 - 1630)?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by NovaMystic

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How do you get from being in orbit around Earth to being in orbit around Mars or the moon?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by Dhiraj Lad

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What is the distance of the first nebula discovered by Hubble (Great Andromeda Nebula)?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by tomos

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How do astronomers know that the Milky Way is a spiral Galaxy, when we can't yet travel outside the Galaxy to see its shape?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by RadiantNova

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How are space telescopes different from Earth-based telescopes?

asked Jan 10, 2023 in Astronomy by Greg Walker

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