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Kyle Oman
Durham, United Kingdom
I am a researcher working in astrophysics.
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Stability of rotation of a rectangular prism
newtonian-mechanics
rotational-dynamics
rigid-body-dynamics
stability
asked Jun 13, 2013 at 19:06
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How does a sponge "suck" up water against gravity?
fluid-dynamics
everyday-life
potential-energy
capillary-action
asked May 31, 2013 at 18:05
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Why hasn't warm dark matter replaced cold dark matter as the standard model of cosmology?
cosmology
dark-matter
asked Jul 25, 2014 at 22:42
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Fate of largest scale structures?
general-relativity
special-relativity
cosmology
black-holes
structure-formation
asked Mar 19, 2014 at 15:32
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Is there any advantage in stacking multiple images vs a single long exposure?
astronomy
experimental-technique
data-analysis
camera
image-processing
asked Jan 19, 2017 at 0:41
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What are my obligations as an MSc holder?
masters
degree
bachelor
asked Apr 19, 2017 at 17:18
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Do supernovae produce an appreciable amount of lithium?
astrophysics
radioactivity
fusion
supernova
asked Aug 5, 2015 at 20:54
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How does dark matter collapse?: Entropy considerations
thermodynamics
astrophysics
entropy
dark-matter
virial-theorem
asked Aug 15, 2014 at 23:34
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What could cause an asymmetric orbit in a symmetric potential?
classical-mechanics
orbital-motion
celestial-mechanics
integrals-of-motion
asked Jul 28, 2014 at 21:32
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If a theory of everything exists, is it necessarily unique?
mathematics
theory-of-everything
asked Aug 13, 2014 at 17:40
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Could Legolas actually see that far?
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What is the speed of sound in space?
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Which specific law of physics is broken by the "double jump"?
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Why haven't we seen the big bang?
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The age of the universe
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How can dark matter collapse without collisions or radiation?
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Why don't the black holes appear black in color in images of galaxies taken from HST?
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Can a non-rotating ball have angular momentum?
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Why is there no gravitational magnetic field? (Or, is there?)
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Do gravitational many-body systems fall apart eventually?
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Temperature of a neutron star
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How did the universe shift from "dark matter dominated" to "dark energy dominated"?
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Do we know what event caused the Sun and Solar System to form?
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How does an object's motion behave if dropped from an aeroplane travelling diagonally upwards?
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Would a galaxy be visible from outside, but nearby?
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How do electrons jump orbitals?
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Why does a star collapse under its own gravity when the gravity at its centre is zero?
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Inflation and the Meaning of Time
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What is the farthest planetary body or star system object we have observed using visual light?
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How do spiral arms form?
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Storing a Planet-sized Chunk of Metal Inside a Star
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Why were the GW detections at Livingston and Hanford separated by 7 ms if the light travel time between them is 10 ms?
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Why don't we consider jerk in physics classes?
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Is dark matter inside galaxies different from dark matter in intergalactic space?
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Professor does not care about cheating, what should TA do?
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13
Will glass always break in the same way?
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12
Do radio waves go faster than the speed of light?
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Why is there a line in the middle of the Planck full sky map?
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Is "dark clothes for winter, light for summer" relevant?
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Why does sunset over a body of water cause a path of light stretching towards the horizon?
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