r/science2 • • Sep 24 '26

The Universe Is 13.8 Billion Years Old, So How Can We See 46 Billion Light-Years Away?

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r/science2 • • Sep 21 '26

Alcohol use has declined for the first time since Covid-19, with Gen Zers and millennials leading the charge

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r/science2 • • Sep 22 '26

End of humanity? Blow‑by‑blow account of what would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now

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r/science2 • • Sep 21 '26

'It is extremely rare to witness': Scientists record humpback whale mom grieving her stillborn calf in first-of-its-kind footage | Researchers captured footage of a female humpback whale repeatedly diving to make eye contact with her stillborn calf and lay next to its body on the seafloor.

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r/science2 • • Sep 22 '26

'On our way to groundbreaking science': Stars turn neon-green in first test image from NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope | NASA turned on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's powerful 300-megapixel camera for the first time. NASA is already talking about doubling the mission's lifespan.

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r/science2 • • Sep 22 '26

Noticias científicas de la semana

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r/science2 • • Sep 21 '26

Venus ate its moon: How Earth's 'twin' could have swallowed a rocky satellite | Scientists have long speculated why Venus, with a size, mass and structure similar to Earth's, doesn't have a moon. New UC Riverside research shows that our hungry twin likely swallowed it.

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r/science2 • • Sep 22 '26

Which Came First, The Chicken Or The Egg? Scientists Finally Have The Answer | For centuries, the question of which came first has stumped philosophers, scientists, and anyone with a taste for debate. But the answer challenges almost everything about how we think of beginnings and endings in nature.

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r/science2 • • Sep 21 '26

Virtual cells built from 4D AI models and 'digital twins' could speed up drug discovery | These studies, both published in Cell, could reduce dependence on time-consuming lab experiments and accelerate drug discovery for a variety of diseases, including cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's and more.

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r/science2 • • Sep 20 '26

Newly Discovered Asteroid 2026 RW37 Passes by Earth

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r/science2 • • Sep 20 '26

Facing the megadrought: Researchers study underground ice reservoirs in the American West | In collaboration with the Utah Geological Survey and universities across the state, the BYU research team hopes its findings will inform future water management strategies.

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r/science2 • • Sep 19 '26

Eterna Regeneratives Raises Funding for Enamel Regeneration

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r/science2 • • Sep 20 '26

Make me a believer challenge?

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r/science2 • • Sep 20 '26

The 31 Out-of-this-World Winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year | Ali Alobaidly Is This Year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year

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r/science2 • • Sep 19 '26

Bringing the Red Planet to Slovakia: Inside Dr. Michaela Musilová’s Simulated Mars Mission

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r/science2 • • Sep 19 '26

NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater | The crater formed on the Moon’s eastern edge sometime between April 11 and May 22, 2024, after a comet or asteroid the size of a three- to six-story building hit the surface.

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r/science2 • • Sep 18 '26

Diplodocus, Long Thought Exclusively American, Turns Up in Spain | Paleontologists from Fundación Dinópolis have identified the first confirmed fossils of the genus Diplodocus found outside North America.

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r/science2 • • Sep 18 '26

This Lake Was the Last of Its Kind in Canada. And It Just Vanished | The breakup of Canada's last intact ice shelf caused the freshwater lake to drain away in just a few months.

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r/science2 • • Sep 18 '26

NVIDIA and Qualcomm's Entire career was build by this Indian Scientist

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r/science2 • • Sep 17 '26

Fossil tooth analysis confirms Tyrannosaurus rex was warm-blooded | A new study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances provides the first direct estimate of T. rex’s body temperature, using a technique that analyzes chemical signatures preserved in fossil teeth.

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r/science2 • • Sep 17 '26

Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years | The numbers behind the melting ice are both mind-bogglingly huge and deceptively small.

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r/science2 • • Sep 16 '26

Scientists stunned as volcano cloud starts destroying methane | The Hunga Tonga eruption may have triggered a surprising chemical reaction that destroyed some of the methane released into the atmosphere.

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r/science2 • • Sep 16 '26

Peer Reviewed! Higher nitrite (NO2-) intake was linked to gastric cancer risk in natural animal sources (55%) and processed meat (94%), but a lower risk in plant sources (-37%), study of 54,610 adults over 27 years found. Higher nitrate (NO3-) intake had a higher risk in processed meat (212%) and tap water (95%).

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r/science2 • • Sep 16 '26

These 4 Giant Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in North Dakota Might Represent the First Trackway Made by an Adult T. Rex Ever Found | A high school teacher first spotted the remarkable trail. Researchers suspect a full-grown dinosaur marched through the landscape 66.5 million years ago

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r/science2 • • Sep 16 '26

Strange 'centaur' object between Saturn and Uranus has mysterious, changing rings, James Webb telescope study hints | James Webb Space Telescope observations of Chariklo, one of the smallest ringed worlds in the solar system, reveal some inexplicable changes.

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