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Share & discuss informative content on:
- Astrophysics
- Cosmology
- Space Exploration
- Planetary Science
- Astrobiology
ABOUT r/space
Share & discuss informative content on:
- Astrophysics
- Cosmology
- Space Exploration
- Planetary Science
- Astrobiology
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Please use original sources for content wherever possible. Please limit yourself to no more than 5 submissions per 24 hours.
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- Peer-reviewed research papers that are publicly available
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- Sensationalized/misleading titles or Unscientific content
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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
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Only allowed on Sundays UTC. Short videos without meaningful audio content qualify as GIFs.
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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
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- Low-effort/short comments
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- Image-only comments
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Starliner - any updates?
Looks like starliner is still docked to the ISS way beyond schedule.
Anyone have any updates? Too many conflicting reports, why don't they bring back suni and butch via dragon?
20:13 UTC
Ariane 6 first flight highlights
19:17 UTC
Press conference with Steve Stich (NASA) and Mark Nappi (Boeing)
18:49 UTC
All space launches dataset
Hello everyone, I've compiled a dataset of all rocket launches to date, as well as those scheduled for the future! I just scraped the data from spacelaunchnow.me/launch.
https://huggingface.co/datasets/Tylerbry1/Historical_Space_Launch_Data_1957-2039
14:33 UTC
If intelligent alien life exists, would it be fundamentally different from us, or world the form-begets-function principle mean they would be hominid-like?
This is something I’ve wondered a lot and I figured the folks who hang around this subreddit would have a better idea than me. Basically, would intelligent aliens be more likely to resemble lovecraftian horrors, or something like the creatures from Alien and Predator? Because we know that on planets with gravity and verticality (such as mountains and trees) a hominid-like form is basically the ideal form for an organism to have; the only downfalls are that we can’t fly or breathe underwater and lack physical strength, but those things aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive with a humanoid form. So from a scientific standpoint, which do you think would be more likely?
14:04 UTC
Does any one have any recommendations for someone who loves start gazing, but is loosing there sight?
I have a friend who loves star gazing and astronomy, but they have cataracts and the surgery didn't go well. Does anyone have any ideas for how they can continue to enjoy the night sky?
04:31 UTC
Ariane 6 first flight (Official Stream) - launch scheduled 30 min from when this posts goes live
18:28 UTC
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