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Phil Plait

Phil Plait

Blogger at Bad Astronomy - Syfy Wire

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United States
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  • English
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  • Astronomy
  • Science

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Recent Articles

syfy.com

Methuselah’s Star is not older than the Universe after all. But it’s still pretty frakking old.

There are times in science when you get a result that you know is wrong, but you don’t know why. This can lead to some interesting suppositions and many times to very interesting science. Like, for example, when you find a star that appears to be, um, older than the Universe. Such is HD 140283, a st…
over 4 years ago
discovermagazine.com

NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Space Telescope Needs Your Help Finding Ne...

The space agency is asking citizen scientists to help hunt exoplanets in the vast trove of images gathered by TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.
over 4 years ago
syfy.com

Wait: Do black holes *really* swarm in the core of globular cluster...

Recently here on the blog I wrote about the globular cluster NGC 6397, a collection of a hundreds of thousands of stars in a compact ball, orbiting the Milky Way and currently about 8,000 light years from Earth.
over 4 years ago
syfy.com

More evidence that Mars is volcanically active right now. Today.

New research looking at images and other measurements made from orbit strongly suggests that Mars may still be volcanically active now. Like, today now. This fits in pretty well with other indicators that the Red Planet may not yet be the Dead Planet.
over 4 years ago
syfy.com

A new way to find gigantic black holes paired up at the dawn of the...

Using what’s really a pretty dang clever new technique, astronomers have discovered what appear to be two double-quasars (and possibly a third pair as well) billions of light years from Earth. This may help constrain how many of these ferocious objects existed when the Universe was young.
over 4 years ago
washingtonpost.com

50 years ago, we were on the moon. Where are we going next? - The W...

50 years ago, we were on the moon. Where are we going next?  The Washington Post
over 6 years ago
syfy.com

Tour the Apollo 11 landing site, minute by minute, during that one ...

On July 20, 2019, it will have been 50 years since a human being first stepped foot on another world. On that day half a century ago, Neil Armstrong put his boot on the surface of the Moon, splitting all of history into a time before humans ventured to other worlds, and a time after. The effort took…
over 6 years ago
npr.org

Phil Plait: How Can Mistakes Lead To Scientific Advancement?

When it comes to scientific research, mistakes are not only part of—but also crucial—to the process. Phil Plait explains how small setbacks can play a critical role in making big discoveries.
over 6 years ago
mydallaspost.com

Misericordia presents Dr. Phil Plait – ‘the Bad Astronomer’ – as pa...

DALLAS TWP. – Phil Plait, Ph.D., aka, “the Bad Astronomer,’’ will be the inaugural keynote speaker, as Misericordia University launches the free Science Speaks Lecture Series for “Now for Tomorrow…
over 7 years ago
syfy.com

MUST SEE VIDEO: Snowstorm on a comet!

On August 6, 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft officially entered orbit around the comet 67/P Churyumov-Gerasimenko (let’s call it ’67P’ for short).
over 7 years ago
syfy.com

Elon Musk: On the Roadster to Mars

Last Friday night (Dec. 1), SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, made a big announcement on Twitter. First, he tweeted this:
about 8 years ago
slate.com

Vera Rubin, Discoverer of Dark Matter, Has Died

Vera Rubin, who discovered dark matter and forever changed the way we view the Universe and our place in it, has died.
almost 9 years ago
slate.com

Where is the Water on the Protoplanet Ceres? Everywhere.

New observations of the asteroid/protoplanet Ceres show it has water everywhere on and just below its surface.
about 9 years ago
slate.com

More on Trump’s Catastrophic Plan to Gut NASA’s Earth Science

Follow-up: More info about Trump’s disastrous plan to gut NASA’s Earth science.
about 9 years ago
slate.com

President Obama Reaffirms NASA’s Goal: Put Humans on Mars. But Can ...

President Obama reaffirms NASA’s plans to put a human on Mars in the 2030s. But can they do it?
about 9 years ago
slate.com

The Sky Is Filled With Galaxies. Like, Literally Filled With Them.

New research reveals there are ten times as many galaxies in the Universe as we thought. The total is roughly 2 trillion galaxies.
about 9 years ago
slate.com

Elon Musk Wants to Put a Million People on Mars. He Might Do It.

This week, Elon Musk revealed plans on how SpaceX wants to put a million people on Mars.
about 9 years ago
slate.com

Gape at a Stunning Astrophoto of Star Birth in the Constellation of...

Judy Schmidt took images from infrared space observatories and created a stunning astrophoto of star birth.
about 9 years ago
slate.com

No, NASA Didn’t Change Your Astrological Sign

No NASA didn’t change your astrological sign. There have always been 13 zodiac constellations, at least.
about 9 years ago
slate.com

No, We Almost Certainly Did Not Detect an Alien Signal From a Nearb...

Russian astronomers see a signal that may have come from the star HD 164595, but it’s probably not alien.
over 9 years ago
slate.com

Jaw-Dropping Photo of Orion Nebula Is Loaded With Beauty and Packed...

A new photo of the Orion Nebula is gorgeous, and unveils a mystery about how stars are born.
over 9 years ago