r/space is a subreddit with 26.1M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
Share & discuss informative content on:
* Astrophysics
* Cosmology
* Space Exploration
* Planetary Science
* Astrobiology
Popular Themes in r/space
#1
News
: "During a static engine fire test in China earlier today, the Tianlong-3 Y1 first stage suffered a catastrophic failure after breaking free from its anchoring, launching into the air and crashing back to earth in a massive fireball. No word yet on any casualties."
80 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Does anyone know what's moving west slowly over the northern hemisphere's sky?"
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Spacewalk Cancelled Due to Spacesuit Cooling Unit Water Leak"
5 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "How do we plan to deal with radiation in space?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/space
#1
Space
: "Spacewalk Cancelled Due to Spacesuit Cooling Unit Water Leak"
105 posts
#2
Nasa
: "Nasa finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense | Earthly politics and mission planning no match for fast-moving rocky orb"
39 posts
#3
Moon
: "Chang'e-6 successfully touches down on Earth with samples from far side of the Moon"
18 posts
#4
Rocket
: "Europe's new Ariane 6 Rocket launching for 1st time ever today"
18 posts
#5
Spacex
: "The FAA grounds the Spacex Falcon 9 pending investigation "
16 posts
#6
Earth
: "NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense | Earthly politics and mission planning no match for fast-moving rocky orb"
12 posts
#7
Mars
: "Volunteers who lived in a NASA-created Mars replica for over a year have emerged"
12 posts
#8
Asteroid
: "NASA finds humanity would totally fumble Asteroid defense | Earthly politics and mission planning no match for fast-moving rocky orb"
9 posts
#9
Black Hole
: "Weird physics at the edges of Black Holes may help resolve lingering 'Hubble trouble'"
7 posts
#10
China
: "China calls on scientists of all nations to study lunar samples, but notes obstacle with the US"
7 posts
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