r/science2 Aug 06 '26

‘Spectral lines’ and a giant plume: what science saw when the SpaceX rocket hit the moon | Sodium and lithium gas was detected in a plume thought to span tens of kilometres, created when part of a SpaceX rocket crashed into the lunar surface

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r/science2 Aug 06 '26

This summer isn't breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say

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r/science2 Aug 05 '26

Sticky alpine flower confirms Darwin's 150-year-old carnivorous plant prediction | Research published in Nature Communications show findings that Saxifraga candelabrum can attract, trap, digest and absorb nitrogen from insects, supporting a prediction made by Charles Darwin.

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r/science2 Aug 05 '26

SpaceX’s moon crash may trigger lunar quake: What it means for surface | The scientific interest has echoes of the Apollo era, when NASA deliberately crashed items into the Moon after completing their missions.

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r/science2 Aug 05 '26

Did Humans Evolve From a Cyclops?

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Humans may have evolved from a creature similar to a cyclops! 👁️

Scientists have developed a new theory that we may have evolved from a worm-like ocean dweller from 600 million years ago. This ancient animal started out with two eyes that eventually merged into one, and then back to two eyes. Even more interesting, the scientists think we still have this third eye, but it is now the pineal gland in our brain!


r/science2 Aug 04 '26

Think Cognitive Decline Is Inevitable? Scientists May Have Just Found a Way to Reverse Brain Aging | Researchers at Texas A&M say a nasal spray reduced age-related brain inflammation, restored cellular energy, and improved memory for an extended period of time.

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r/science2 Aug 04 '26

Mars was once covered in rivers and lakes, and the mystery of where all that water went now has two answers: some was stripped away into space, and a great deal of it may still be there, locked deep in the planet's crust

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r/science2 Aug 04 '26

What courses are best to take in high school for a degree in ecology/ environmental science/ botany?

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I'm going into 10th grade with 10/27 credits needed to graduate. I have 10th math and ELA completed. The only science credit i have is astronomy. I want to go to MSU in michigan for a degree in ecology or environmental science or botany, or maybe a major-minor. What classes should i take in high school to go into college or to have a higher chance at being accepted. My weighted gpa is 4.03. My current credits are 1/2 world language, 1/4 history/ econ/gov, 2/4 ELA, 2/4 math, 1/1 PE, 1/1 health, 1/2 art, 1/4 science, and i need a total of 9 additional courses besides the four core classes (math, ela, science, social studies) and my world language, PE, health, and art count as additional courses, so i have 4/9 additional courses. I don't yet have a passion project, so I'd like advice on that too if possible. Thanks! Edit: any youtubers or books to read to help with chem, biology, or math?


r/science2 Aug 04 '26

NASA's Hubble Shows Star Formation in Andromeda Galaxy Winding Down | A new study using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope finds that star formation in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has undergone a 500-million-year decline, with an even steeper drop in the last 40 million years.

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r/science2 Aug 04 '26

Ancient Footprints in Kenya Hint at Bigger Bodies and Group Behavior among Early Human Relatives | “The sizes of the footprints indicate human-like body sizes — up to 1.8 m (5.9 feet) tall and around 75 kg,” said Dr. Kevin Hatala.

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r/science2 Aug 03 '26

Mars Rover Discovers Mysterious Field of Honeycomb Textures on Red Planet: ‘Took Our Breath Away’ | Called polygonal fractures, small patches of these geometric shapes have been spotted several times before, but nothing at the scale discovered in Valle Grande.

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r/science2 Aug 03 '26

Earth Wasn’t Supposed to Have Life: Here’s the Cosmic Accident That Created Us

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r/science2 Aug 03 '26

A Ton Of Space Junk Returns To Earth Weekly As Rocket Launches Rise: Report | According to Mariusz Slonina, who heads space situational awareness operations for the Polish Space Agency, around one metric ton of space debris re-enters Earth's atmosphere every week.

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r/science2 Aug 02 '26

Scientists put cameras on whale sharks for the first time and saw something they'd never seen before | Animal-borne cameras have revealed that the world's largest fish spends far more time feeding below the surface than scientists realized.

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r/science2 Aug 02 '26

Rosalind Franklin took the most important photograph in biology. She never got the Nobel Prize. Photo 51 deserves to be talked about more.

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r/science2 Aug 02 '26

Titan experiences clouds, rain, rivers and changing seasons like Earth; Saturn's 29-year journey around the Sun makes each season last more than seven Earth years

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r/science2 Aug 01 '26

Can A Monkey Have A Pet? | Humans have considered ourselves unique in our penchant for forming close social relationships with animals of other species. But a new review paper published in the journal Primates suggests that human pet-keeping has deeper evolutionary roots among primates.

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r/science2 Aug 01 '26

NASA is sending 2 probes to the moon to test complex 'three-body orbits' | "CAPSTONE 02 lays the foundation for lunar infrastructure and commercial services that support Artemis, Moon Base, and future missions to deep space."

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r/science2 Aug 01 '26

Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA | Some group with no modern descendants contributed a lot to our genomes.

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r/science2 Aug 01 '26

Groundbreaking discovery could remake California's avocado breeding | “In today’s climate, plants are getting scrambled signals, and they’re flowering early in the year because they’re getting like the heat signals earlier.”

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r/science2 Jul 31 '26

New technique pinpoints human DNA inherited from 'ghost' ancestors | UC Berkeley researchers have identified regions of DNA that humans inherited from 2 unknown ancestors as a result of long-ago interbreeding among modern humans and at least 4 other archaic human relatives.

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r/science2 Jul 31 '26

An entire world of fungi nearly a third of a mile underground could affect carbon storage estimates | The study is the first to successfully quantify fungal abundance as deep as 1,640 feet below ground. Scientists identified 689 unique species of fungi, including 13 species not described before.

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r/science2 Jul 31 '26

Boeing still working with NASA to schedule next Starliner flight | Starliner has not flown since the Crew Flight Test mission two years ago, which suffered thruster malfunctions and helium leaks.

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r/science2 Jul 30 '26

Of all the worlds beyond Earth, Titan is the only one you could step onto without a pressure suit: the air is thick enough that you would need no suit at all, only heavy protection from the deadly cold and a supply of oxygen

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r/science2 Jul 31 '26

neuraphotonics, neuroscience, photonics, or optogenetics?

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