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• Astrophysics
• Cosmology
• Space Exploration
• Planetary Science
• Astrobiology

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SUBMITTING LINKS

Please use original sources for content wherever possible. Please limit yourself to no more than 5 submissions per 24 hours.

Encouraged

• Informative high-quality articles, news & videos
• Peer-reviewed research papers that are publicly available
• Academic texts that are publicly available

Not Allowed

• Sensationalized/misleading titles or Unscientific content
• Blogspam, links behind a paywall, or pirated content

• Social media links (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)

Exception: Twitter links are allowed only for breaking news by official sources. Examples:
1. Pluto flyby announcements by NASA
2. SpaceX launch coverage by SpaceX

SUBMITTING IMAGES & GIFs

Only allowed on Sundays UTC. Short videos without meaningful audio content qualify as GIFs.

Encouraged

• Directly linked quality images/GIFs with an appropriate and concise title

• Include information about the subject, equipment, processing, and name of the photographer

• If you are the photographer do not include additional demographic information, the image should stand on its own merit

• Recommended subreddits: r/spaceporn, r/astrophotography & r/astronomy for images and r/spacegifs for GIFs.

Not Allowed

• Memes/low quality images
• Reaction GIFs
• Re-hosted content (use KarmaDecay)
• Misleadingly edited images

SUBMITTING A TEXT POST

Straightforward questions (who/what/where) belong to the Weekly Space Questions thread (pinned at the top)

Encouraged

• Informative & thought-provoking posts
• Open-ended questions that promote discussion
• Highly recommended subreddit: r/askscience

Not Allowed

• ELI5/PSA styled posts
• Posts that only state your opinion and don't engage the community

COMMENTS

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• On topic comments that convey meaningful information
• Backup scientific claims with appropriate links
  

Not Allowed

• Low-effort/short comments
• Off-topic comments
• Unscientific comments (e.g. Flat Earth)
• Image-only comments
• Memes/jokes/circle-jerk/trolling/insults

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