Recent questions in Astronomy

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What happens when objects orbit something else? Why don't they just fly off into space? What forces are at work?

asked May 20, 2023 in Astronomy by Confused 332

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Can one study astronomy or cosmology by studying in humanities?

asked May 20, 2023 in Astronomy by QuantumDreamer

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Can you use the Hubble Space Telescope for personal viewing like binoculars?

asked May 20, 2023 in Astronomy by LuminousSculptor

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Astronomers are currently keeping track of more than 23,000 pieces of debris larger than 10cm, and this space junk poses a danger to new satellites as well as the astronauts. What can be done to get rid of this junk?

asked May 20, 2023 in Astronomy by sternumgland

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What would Earth's escape velocity be if there were no other planets or stars? Wouldn't Earth's gravity pull an object back eventually regardless of how fast it was going?

asked May 20, 2023 in Astronomy by NebulaVerse

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What is the name of the largest moon in our solar system? Does it have a retrograde orbit (the one orbiting Neptune)?

asked May 20, 2023 in Astronomy by revelationmedical

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What would happen if someone fell into an accretion disk of the supermassive black hole at the center of our Galaxy? Would they have any chance of surviving and escaping from this gravitational pull alive?

asked May 20, 2023 in Astronomy by MJH

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What would life be like on a planet near the outer rim of the Milky Way Galaxy, away from all that black hole and supernova activity at its center?

asked May 20, 2023 in Astronomy by davecroft

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Have you ever seen the moving star? What does the moving star mean?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by Timbo66

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How can we know that there are other galaxies if we cannot leave ours?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by ZephyrMystic

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If Earth's curvature is responsible for the sinking ship effect, as claimed in the globe model, can we find a scientific explanation for why high-powered telescopes can bring distant objects back into view, thus defying the expected curvature?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by Hugh Jampton

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If the universe and it's outer reaches are expanding into the past, does that mean the hot big bang is in the future?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by NebulaVerse

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What are biosignatures and how can we detect them from distant extrasolar planets?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by RadiantVerse

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How long would the successful colonization of the entire solar system keep man alive? Would we survive the death of the sun if we were living on the moons of the outer planets, and in the Kuyper Belt and the Oort Cloud?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by threeof

+248 votes

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What is the name of the black hole in the center of the Phoenix Cluster?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by Happyjoe

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Why can't we assume that the universe is flat?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by Edwardvaughn_5

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How long could I survive in a spacesuit in Jupiter's rings?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by richc1234

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Is it true that the universe has made almost all the stars it will ever make?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by mrppp

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What is the difference between an annular and total solar eclipse, and seeing the sun rise or set normally?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by Edtreff

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Does Pluto have a backwards orbit around the Sun?

asked May 19, 2023 in Astronomy by shelley mills

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