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Rory Alsop
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  • Scotland, United Kingdom
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Keen amateur astronomer.

As I grew up at 59 degrees north and 52 degrees south I developed a fascination with the Auroras Borealis and Australis, and the differing night skies in the two hemispheres.

Active on Physics and Space Exploration sites.

Need a bigger telescope!

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Are we really star-stuff from the interior of collapsing stars?
Jan 12, 2019
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Why do astronauts move so slowly in zero gravity?
Mar 21, 2019
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Why did Mars lose its magnetic field?
Oct 7, 2013
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How big would the asteroid belt planet be?
Oct 8, 2014
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What is the current accepted theory as to why Venus has a slow retrograde rotation?
Sep 24, 2013
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What is the most extreme weather found on another planet?
Sep 24, 2013
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How can we detect water on Mars-like exoplanets?
Sep 26, 2013
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How often do comets survive passage by the Sun?
Oct 1, 2013
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What do we know about the lifecycle of the Milky Way (or any other spiral galaxy)?
Nov 22, 2013
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Do other planets in our solar system experience eclipses or is this unique to Earth?
Sep 26, 2013
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Cavalier insta-closing of a new user's first question without even giving them a chance to respond?
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Best way to refer to people in posts who have been knighted?
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Shall we continue to agree that good SETI and extraterrestrial questions are on-topic? What about METI?
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How can someone go off-web, and anonymise themselves after a life online?
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My 3 year old daughter thinks she is white. Should I tell her she's not?
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How to explain my complicated family background to people that I don't know very well?
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What's to stop someone from 3D print cloning a key?