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  • expertises/interests: HPC, computational science, (astro)physics, social science, training
  • tech: Python, Fortran, TeX/LaTeX, GNU/Linux

My profile picture is a photograph of a statue of Nicolas Copernicus in his hometown of Toruń.

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Why has Venus's atmosphere not been stripped away by solar wind?
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How can we tell that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy?
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How to allow non-superusers to mount any filesystem?
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How to switch from portrait to landscape page orientation?
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Why is our solar system "tipped" about 63° with respect to the plane of our galaxy?
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How could a hobbyist astronomer determine apparent magnitude of a star?
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How dense are Saturn's rings?
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Why is the Sun's atmosphere (the corona) so hot?
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Why does the Moon stablize Earth's axis?
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What is the current routine of modern astronomy?
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What is the evidence that galaxies rotate?
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Hypothetical trans-Neptunian planets orbiting the Sun
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Font Setup for an Academic Thesis, no Computer Modern Wanted
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What is the difference between asteroids, comets and meteors?
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What is there in the intergalactic space?
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What are the current observational constraints on the existence of Nemesis?
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Why are some planets so close to their star?
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How do we know dark matter/dark energy exists?
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What is the formula to predict lunar and solar eclipses accurately?
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What is the orbital path of the newly discovered star-less planet PSO J318.5-22?
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What study profiles could land me the job of astronomer?
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How long does it take to produce a star? Why does it take that long?
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Realistic handwritten document
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How does interstellar matter density vary?
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Conditional assignment based on environment variable
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Why do stars appear to twinkle?
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What gases are needed to make a star?
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Is there any evidence that the Gas Giant planets in our solar system are experiencing orbital migration?
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Sources of Turbulence in the ISM
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"nohup sudo ..." does not prompt for passwd and does nothing
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