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No unread posts Announcements Sun "Money"...
03-24-2011 8:27 AM
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No unread posts Being or Becoming a Scientist
For example: What's it like being a scientist?
 Re: CAREER
10-18-2011 2:09 PM
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No unread posts Scientist's Hobbies
For example, perhaps you have a hobby in common with a scientist that you want to talk about.
 Re: hobbies
10-20-2011 9:53 PM
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No unread posts Facts about the Sun
Before asking a question about the Sun, you may want to check out these facts about the Sun. This will answer all your questions about how hot the Sun is (1), how big it is (2), how old it is (3), etc.
 Re: Sun
10-22-2011 2:35 PM
  		10 22
No unread posts Solar Eclipses
For example: What's the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
 Re: lunar eclipse
10-21-2011 12:04 PM
  		3 6
No unread posts Sunspots
For example: What are sunspots?
 Sunspots
10-21-2011 1:17 PM
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No unread posts Solar Storms
For example: How fast is a Coronal Mass Ejection? What is a solar flare?
 Re: storms
10-21-2011 10:43 AM
  		3 6
No unread posts Magnetism and Magnetic Storms
For example: What is the strength of a magnetic field in a sunspot?
 Re: magnetic effects
10-19-2011 9:29 AM
  		2 4
No unread posts Ancient Observatories
For example, are there any ancient observatories in the United States?
 Re: Solar observatories
10-19-2011 12:00 PM
  		2 6
No unread posts Black holes
Check out this page from the University of Cambridge for all you need to know about black holes.
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No unread posts Other
Anything else you can think of not covered in the other categories.
 Re: favorite planet
10-21-2011 10:51 AM
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No unread posts 2005 Feb28-Mar04 Subforum(s) Facts about the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Solar Eclipses, Scientist's hobbies, Ancient Observatories, Being or becoming a scientist, Other   64 143
No unread posts 2005 Sep26-30 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Scientist's hobbies, Facts about the Sun , Solar Eclipses, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Other   67 148
No unread posts 2006 March 06-10 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Facts about the Sun, Solar Eclipses, Scientist's hobbies, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: hobbies
03-10-2006 11:53 AM
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No unread posts 2006 October 02-06 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Facts about the Sun, Solar Eclipses, Scientist's hobbies, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: ancient/u.s...
10-17-2007 11:14 AM
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No unread posts 2007 Feb26-Mar02 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Scientist's hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Solar Eclipses, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: Essay about...
03-20-2008 10:38 AM
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No unread posts 2007 Oct 15-19 Subforum(s) Sunspots, Solar Storms, Solar Eclipses, Ancient Observatories, Being or becoming a scientist, Scientist's hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Other Re: sunspots
03-17-2008 4:11 PM
  		53 113
No unread posts 2008 March 17-21 Subforum(s) Being or becoming a scientist, Scientist's hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Other, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Solar Eclipses, Solar Energy, Ancient Observatories   156 384
No unread posts 2008 Oct 20-24 Subforum(s) Being or Becoming a Scientist, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Scientist's Hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Solar Eclipses, Solar Energy, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: How does the...
10-05-2009 10:50 AM
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No unread posts 2009 March 9-13 Subforum(s) Being or Becoming a Scientist, Scientist's Hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Solar Eclipses, Other Re: Solar Telescopes
10-07-2009 12:58 PM
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No unread posts 2009 Oct 05-09 Subforum(s) Facts about the Sun, Being or Becoming a Scientist, Solar Eclipses, Solar Storms, Scientist's Hobbies, Sunspots, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: observatory
04-12-2010 9:25 PM
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No unread posts 2010 Apr 12-16 Subforum(s) Scientist's Hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Solar Storms, Magnetism and Magnetic Storms, Sunspots, Ancient Observatories, Solar Eclipses, Being or Becoming a Scientist, Other Re: solar storm
10-19-2010 9:05 AM
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No unread posts 2010 Oct 18-22 Subforum(s) Being or Becoming a Scientist, Scientist's Hobbies, Magnetism and Magnetic Storms, Facts about the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Eclipses, Solar Storms, Ancient Observatories, Other Re: Type of galaxy
10-22-2010 4:23 PM
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No unread posts 2011 March 21-25 Subforum(s) Being or Becoming a Scientist, Scientist's Hobbies, Facts about the Sun, Solar Eclipses, Sunspots, Solar Storms, Magnetism and Magnetic Storms, Ancient Observatories, Other   58 132

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