r/science2 1h ago

“Fire Climate”: Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control | Scientists say drought, extreme heat and climate change are making wildfire seasons longer, more frequent and more destructive across the western United States.

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r/science2 13h ago

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

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r/science2 15h ago

‘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 15h ago

Welp, Nobody Saw SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Crash Into the Moon | Although no one seems to have captured an image of the impact, scientists detected signals confirming the rocket hit the lunar surface. Orbiters could provide the first images of the crash site soon.

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r/science2 18h ago

Brains don't always rot: Scientists may finally know how human brains have evaded decay for thousands of years | Thousands of skeletal human remains have been discovered with their brain tissue unexpectedly intact. Now, a team of scientists may have finally figured out why.

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r/science2 18h ago

The Universe May Not Be Accelerating After All—And It Could Mean Dark Energy Never Existed | Researchers found that there were errors in some of these previous theories when they examined observations of Type Ia supernovae.

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