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to r/explainlikeimfive by nooneneedstoknow70
2 weeks ago
ELi5: Why does breaking the sound barrier create noise aka a sonic boom?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Alternative-Show-609
1 month ago
ELI5: Why isn't the weathers mixed together
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Alternative-Show-609
1 month ago
ELI5: why does the moon follow us when we drive
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Way2trivial
1 month ago
ELI5: CO2 Bad, CO2 Enrichment for greenhouses good....
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by MrTickles22
6 days ago
ELI5: How does erosion not result in all land in the ocean?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Akshiak
6 months ago
ELI5: how the "cake" of atmosphere at the levels they are.
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by RombotPilot
7 months ago
eli5: Why is New York so cold compared to other places even at the same temperature?
Planetary Science
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to r/explainlikeimfive by rainerng
7 months ago
ELI5: Isn't the 3 body problem (sun, Earth, Moon) very difficult to solve? How did humans predict future eclipses decades even centuries ago?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by fmasq
7 months ago
Eli5 about how many of photons are in one ray of our sunshine? Where do photons go after they have reflected off their surfaces?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Kaiserschleier
7 months ago
ELI5: Is space structured like a flat plane where all planets align along a single y-axis, or is it akin to an expansive ocean where planets occupy positions across multiple axes?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by TruthOf42
7 months ago
Eli5 Why do solar eclipses happen so infrequently?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by William_Dowling
7 months ago
ELI5: If Space is a vacuum with nothing in it, then what would the edge of the universe even mean
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by arztnur
7 months ago
Eli5 how we can see a star billions of light year away and nothing in between hiding it?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by WayneAlmighty
7 months ago
ELI5: What is a fault and how does it cause earthquakes?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by JoseArchnald
7 months ago
ELI5: Why did the moon/sun look so much bigger at the moment of totality?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by PandaGirl-98
7 months ago
ELI5: (2 in 1) How do scientists measure distances between stars/planets in our solar system and how do they measure the age?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by box_of_dogs
7 months ago
ELI5: leaf projections of eclipse
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by shylittlepot
7 months ago
ELI5: during the total eclipse today, I witnessed a ring of light in the atmosphere (NOT the ring around the moon, totally separate, present for just a few seconds) - what is that and what makes it happen?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Stock_Nebula7605
7 months ago
ELI5: How is possible for lightning to be 5 times hotter than the Sun?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by nolablue1024
7 months ago
ELI5: how they get the time line of the solar eclipse so accurate down to the minute
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Grimoire_Owl
7 months ago
ELI5: How did pre-modern societies predict and observe solar eclipses?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Zhyest
7 months ago
ELI5 why does the moon seem to "hover" during an eclipse?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by csklmf86
7 months ago
ELI5: We just had an annular solar eclipse last year Oct 14 2023, what makes it a big deal for today's solar eclipse event?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by MoonlightVenator
7 months ago
ELI5 how did past people observe solar eclipses withought damging their eyesight?
Planetary Science
to r/explainlikeimfive by Himbagoodboi
7 months ago
ELI5: Why is the path of totality so small during an eclipse.
Planetary Science