Phil Plait

Phil Plait writes Slate’s Bad Astronomy blog and is an astronomer, public speaker, science evangelizer, and author of Death From the Skies!  

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Phil Plait Leaves Slate for Syfy Wire

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Jan 31, 2017 8:45 AM
Just How Hard Was It to Detect Gravitational Waves?

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Jan 30, 2017 8:45 AM
Remembering Those Who Died So That We May Continue to Explore

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Jan 27, 2017 10:46 AM
A Swirling, Impressionistic Jupiter

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Jan 26, 2017 8:45 AM
Trump Orders Gov’t Agencies to Shut Down Social Media, EPA to Take Down Climate Change Pages

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Jan 25, 2017 8:45 AM
Juno Looks Up to Jupiter

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Jan 24, 2017 8:45 AM
Earth Isn’t the Only Planet Hit by Meteorites. Mars Gets Them, Too.

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Jan 23, 2017 8:45 AM
If You Need to Find Strength Today, Be Like Daphnis

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Jan 20, 2017 8:30 AM
The Best Image of Saturn’s Moon Daphnis Ever Taken. And It’s a Stunner.

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Jan 19, 2017 8:45 AM
It’s Official: 2016 Was the Hottest Year for the Planet on Record

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Jan 18, 2017 10:41 AM
Gene Cernan, the Last Human to Stand on the Moon, Has Died

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Jan 17, 2017 8:45 AM
Dramatic Video of the SpaceX Successful Falcon 9 Rocket Landing

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Jan 16, 2017 8:45 AM
A 20 Trillion Kilometer–High Statue of Liberty

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Jan 13, 2017 8:45 AM
A Gorgeous, but Mysterious, Astrophoto of Andromeda

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Jan 12, 2017 8:45 AM
Anti-Science, Trump, and Why I Hope Science Will Help Save the World

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Jan 11, 2017 10:53 AM
My God. It’s Full of Black Holes.

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Jan 10, 2017 8:45 AM
What the Earth and Moon Look Like … From Mars!

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Jan 09, 2017 8:45 AM
How Do You Make a Taco in Space? Carefully.

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Jan 06, 2017 8:45 AM
A New Piece of Research Shows—Once Again— the Global Warming “Pause” Never Existed

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Jan 05, 2017 8:45 AM
The Snows of … Hawaii?

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Jan 04, 2017 8:45 AM