# Science Social Trends & Public Discussions — 2026-09-29 19:30 UTC

> **Category:** Science  
> **Status:** Trending Up  
> **Timestamp:** 2026-09-29 19:30 UTC (2026-09-29T19:30:00Z)  
> **Canonical URL:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-29-19-30/non_crypto/science  
> **Overview Brief:** https://cryptitalk.com/2026-09-29-19-30/non_crypto.md  

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## 10-Minute Category Volume & Sentiment
- **Total Posts:** 19
- **Total Impressions:** 80.7K
- **Bullish / Positive:** 4
- **Bearish / Negative:** 0
- **Neutral:** 15

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## Engagement Analysis
Total Engagement - Comments: 169, Retweets: 40, Likes: 876, Impressions: 80699


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## Cited Discussions & Public Evidence


### Discussion #1 by @reddit
> **Author:** [@reddit](https://x.com/reddit)  
> **Metrics:** 419 likes · 4 retweets · 142 comments · 41.9K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T18:28:55.765000+00:00  



> 
> "Just like no videogame predicted drones taking over wars, interstellar war is probably not going to be cool starships and lasers, but rather something dull yet efficient like "point the radioactive beam at their planet for a few years"."


### Discussion #2 by @Teslarati
> **Author:** [@Teslarati](https://x.com/Teslarati)  
> **Metrics:** 145 likes · 15 retweets · 5 comments · 24.7K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-28T20:18:16+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Teslarati/status/2104667026648441158](https://x.com/Teslarati/status/2104667026648441158)  


> **Visual Context:** SpaceX's Starship rocket, bearing the "SpaceX" logo on its side, launches from the Starbase facility on the South Texas coast, with massive plumes of exhaust billowing across the coastal wetlands below.  

> 
> "Some insane pictures of Starship 14’s launch earlier today"


### Discussion #3 by @RoryTheSpaceGuy
> **Author:** [@RoryTheSpaceGuy](https://x.com/RoryTheSpaceGuy)  
> **Metrics:** 207 likes · 5 retweets · 1 comments · 9.1K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T15:33:29+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/RoryTheSpaceGuy/status/2104957747603063230](https://x.com/RoryTheSpaceGuy/status/2104957747603063230)  


> **Visual Context:** An aerial view shows SpaceX's Orbital Launch Mount 2 under construction at the Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, with a crane lifting components onto the octagonal launch mount structure, as noted by the watermark "RGV Aerial Photography." The image captures the circular mounting mechanism and surrounding infrastructure being assembled in the sandy coastal site.  

> 
> "And finally the Orbital launch mount 2 is an orbital launch mount!"


### Discussion #4 by @OperacoesRio
> **Author:** [@OperacoesRio](https://x.com/OperacoesRio)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 1.5K views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:21:17+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/OperacoesRio/status/2105015073865638158](https://x.com/OperacoesRio/status/2105015073865638158)  


> **Visual Context:** Official Rio de Janeiro alert graphic from Prefeitura Rio's Centro de Operações e Resiliência, featuring a white cloud-with-rain icon on a blue hexagonal background with the text "CHUVA FRACA" (light rain), corresponding to the reported 0.2 mm of light rain recorded at the Campo Grande station between 4 PM and 4:15 PM.  

> 
> "CURRENT WEATHER | LIGHT RAIN IN CAMPO GRANDE

According to the Rio Alert, between 4 PM and 4:15 PM, there was a record of light rain at the Campo Grande station (0.2 mm). 

#CORInforma #temporj"


### Discussion #5 by @jelly_momm
> **Author:** [@jelly_momm](https://x.com/jelly_momm)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 790 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T18:03:09+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/jelly_momm/status/2104995411857666359](https://x.com/jelly_momm/status/2104995411857666359)  


> 
> "This is what I expected chameleons to do. Idk why they get all the glory of color changing when octopus’ literally do this"


### Discussion #6 by @SoCalWXwatcher
> **Author:** [@SoCalWXwatcher](https://x.com/SoCalWXwatcher)  
> **Metrics:** 15 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 734 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T18:27:10+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/SoCalWXwatcher/status/2105001454868259096](https://x.com/SoCalWXwatcher/status/2105001454868259096)  


> **Visual Context:** A weather map titled 'NWS NDFD | Daily HIGH Temperature [°F] 2026092917 HIGH for Sat 03OCT2026 through 00Z04OCT2026' shows temperatures ranging from 80s to 102°F across Southern California, with a minimum/maximum reading of 'MIN|MAX 49.59° | 110.91°F'.  

> 
> "October is coming in Hot - Widespread upper 90's and triple-digit Daytime Temperatures across #SoCal by this weekend, with only the immediate Coast and the Mountains being spared. #CAwx"


### Discussion #7 by @spacevibex
> **Author:** [@spacevibex](https://x.com/spacevibex)  
> **Metrics:** 18 likes · 9 retweets · 1 comments · 443 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:18:18+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/spacevibex/status/2105014321709453531](https://x.com/spacevibex/status/2105014321709453531)  


> 
> "Night Sky on Mars as seen from NASA Curiosity Rover."


### Discussion #8 by @ElijahBman
> **Author:** [@ElijahBman](https://x.com/ElijahBman)  
> **Metrics:** 20 likes · 1 retweets · 2 comments · 436 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T18:50:03+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ElijahBman/status/2105007211714134268](https://x.com/ElijahBman/status/2105007211714134268)  


> 
> "As Fall is supposed to be Ramping up in the west, the opposite will happen. A large ridge of High pressure looks to set up for the next couple of weeks. Very Warm Temperatures, lack of rainfall and sunny days that may feel like late summer out west for the foreseeable future. I’d"


### Discussion #9 by @ao_qu18465
> **Author:** [@ao_qu18465](https://x.com/ao_qu18465)  
> **Metrics:** 5 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 266 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T18:30:50+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/ao_qu18465/status/2105002377682063659](https://x.com/ao_qu18465/status/2105002377682063659)  


> 
> "Fill out the form if you are interested in joining and contributing to the first agent-native preprint system!"


### Discussion #10 by @yuqirose
> **Author:** [@yuqirose](https://x.com/yuqirose)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 2 retweets · 0 comments · 260 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T18:44:16+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/yuqirose/status/2105005758035456273](https://x.com/yuqirose/status/2105005758035456273)  


> 
> "Excited to be speaking at the keynote panel of  
@COLM_conf
 2026 on Oct 7th, with 
@profjamesevans
  from 
@UofC
,  Jeremy Avigad from 
@CarnegieMellon
 , and 
@AlisonGopnik
 from 
@UCBerkeley
!  Thank you 
@gregd_nlp
  for the invitation! 

Join us for a discussion at the frontier of #LLM"


### Discussion #11 by @Thespacetechguy
> **Author:** [@Thespacetechguy](https://x.com/Thespacetechguy)  
> **Metrics:** 8 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 145 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:24:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Thespacetechguy/status/2105015756379611337](https://x.com/Thespacetechguy/status/2105015756379611337)  


> **Visual Context:** Astrophotography of a bright comet with a glowing greenish head and a long blue-white ion tail streaking diagonally across a star-filled night sky.  

> 
> "4K Comet Lemmon with stars of the galaxy"


### Discussion #12 by @AGRITECHX
> **Author:** [@AGRITECHX](https://x.com/AGRITECHX)  
> **Metrics:** 2 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 122 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T17:48:01+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/AGRITECHX/status/2104991601030300050](https://x.com/AGRITECHX/status/2104991601030300050)  


> 
> "This is what smart harvesting looks like. 

Instead of pulling the whole plant out, this method lets you harvest the mature leaves while keeping the crop productive.

Would you use this harvesting technique in your garden?"


### Discussion #13 by @cosmicpulsee
> **Author:** [@cosmicpulsee](https://x.com/cosmicpulsee)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 69 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:08:47+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/cosmicpulsee/status/2105011927894393264](https://x.com/cosmicpulsee/status/2105011927894393264)  


> 
> "Jupiter Just Revealed Something Unseen  A strange journey into the depths of Jupiter… The closer you get, the more unreal it becomes.  Would you dare to go deeper?"


### Discussion #14 by @Seathiell
> **Author:** [@Seathiell](https://x.com/Seathiell)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 62 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:21:37+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/Seathiell/status/2105015156401172829](https://x.com/Seathiell/status/2105015156401172829)  


> 
> "**Épisode cévenol : la situation se durcit**

Vigilance **orange** orages / pluies-inondations / crues sur **Hérault, Gard et Lozère** dès cette nuit.

Déjà des cumuls notables (PO/Catalogne : 40-60 mm localement, épisode terminé là-bas ; reliefs héraultais et Cévennes :"


### Discussion #15 by @hasibdreamer35
> **Author:** [@hasibdreamer35](https://x.com/hasibdreamer35)  
> **Metrics:** 14 likes · 0 retweets · 18 comments · 61 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T13:12:00+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/hasibdreamer35/status/2104922140050899422](https://x.com/hasibdreamer35/status/2104922140050899422)  


> 
> "When a volcanic eruption isn't dramatic enough, nature throws in a lightning storm.  

prompt: 
Cinematic 3D animation, close-up tracking shot into the caldera of an active volcano erupting at night. Towering turbulent plumes of dense volcanic ash, glowing fissures of molten"


### Discussion #16 by @cosmicpulsee
> **Author:** [@cosmicpulsee](https://x.com/cosmicpulsee)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 53 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:05:12+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/cosmicpulsee/status/2105011025447907780](https://x.com/cosmicpulsee/status/2105011025447907780)  


> 
> "What would happen if a dead star, with a mass 1.7 times that of our Sun, suddenly appeared just 10 astronomical units (AU) away? To give you an idea of the scale, 10 AU places this massive sphere of extreme density—about the size of a city—right in Saturn's orbit. It's 1.496"


### Discussion #17 by @cosmicpulsee
> **Author:** [@cosmicpulsee](https://x.com/cosmicpulsee)  
> **Metrics:** 1 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 51 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:06:08+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/cosmicpulsee/status/2105011260886839674](https://x.com/cosmicpulsee/status/2105011260886839674)  


> 
> "Tiny workers are tightening an artificial gravity aperture while luminous mineral matter spirals faster around the rim. How far would you tighten it before the entire structure becomes unstable?"


### Discussion #18 by @MosheDe_
> **Author:** [@MosheDe_](https://x.com/MosheDe_)  
> **Metrics:** 3 likes · 1 retweets · 0 comments · 44 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T18:40:49+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MosheDe_/status/2105004887922598399](https://x.com/MosheDe_/status/2105004887922598399)  


> 
> "Two more exciting SpaceX launches coming up later this week on the same day.

Thursday morning, SpaceX is targeting 11:10 a.m. ET for the launch of NASA’s Crew-13 to the ISS, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 

Thursday evening, SpaceX is targeting 11:53 p.m. ET for the launch of a"


### Discussion #19 by @MadMagicSOL
> **Author:** [@MadMagicSOL](https://x.com/MadMagicSOL)  
> **Metrics:** 0 likes · 0 retweets · 0 comments · 2 views  

> **Posted:** 2026-09-29T19:32:24+00:00  


> **Source Link:** [https://x.com/MadMagicSOL/status/2105017869683823102](https://x.com/MadMagicSOL/status/2105017869683823102)  


> 
> "Nature's fury truly knows how to entertain"