r/science2 is a subreddit with 14k members. The most common kinds of discussions are news and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses space, scientists, science, earth, and climate.
Everything science. An alternative to reddit's stodgy main science sub-reddit. Here articles need not be peer reviewed, just about science and interesting!
Popular Themes in r/science2
#1
News
: "Scientists Unearth 15-Meter Snake Fossil in India, As Large as a T. Rex | A monumental fossil find in India has revealed a snake of unimaginable proportions."
13 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Scientists Are Alarmed —Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites Are Crashing to Earth Daily | One or two Starlink satellites are falling to Earth daily, raising alarms about rising space debris, atmospheric pollution, and growing safety risks as satellite deployments accelerate."
2 posts
#3
Money Talk
: "Survey finds Americans believe $74,000 is the perfect income, yet in nearly every state it won’t buy you a house"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/science2
#1
Space
: "NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is surprising scientists with its capabilities and it hasn't even launched yet | "Asteroseismology with Roman is possible because we don't need to ask the telescope to do anything it wasn't already planning to do.""
64 posts
#2
Scientists
: "Scientists Are Alarmed —Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites Are Crashing to Earth Daily | One or two Starlink satellites are falling to Earth daily, raising alarms about rising space debris, atmospheric pollution, and growing safety risks as satellite deployments accelerate."
58 posts
#3
Science
: "Man Spends Years Smashing Rock For Gold, Turns Out It's A 4.6-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite | An Australian man spent years trying to crack open what he thought was a gold-rich rock-only to learn it was a rare meteorite, likely worth more than gold."
40 posts
#4
Earth
28 posts
#5
Climate
26 posts
#6
Mars
19 posts
#7
Nasa
: "Nasa is sinking its flagship science center during the government shutdown — and may be breaking the law in the process, critics say | "There is just a general acknowledgement that a lot of what is happening is illegal…""
18 posts
#8
New
18 posts
#9
Ocean
13 posts
#10
Life
: ""It Smells Really Bad": Ancient Life Frozen In Alaska For 40,000 Years Has Been Woken Up | Heat at a mild temperature for several months and voilà: ancient microbial Life, good as new."
12 posts
Flair Used in r/science2
#1
Peer Reviewed!
: "Severed fragments of a sea cucumber kept living and thriving instead of decaying, puzzling researchers"
2 posts
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+7k members(105.5%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026