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UFO Clouds Over Mount Shasta

Phil Plait

Jan 03, 2017 8:45 AM

In the Deep Universe, Where Science and Art Merge

Phil Plait

Jan 02, 2017 8:45 AM

As You Kick 2016 to the Curb, Ponder on What a Year Really Means, Scientifically.

Phil Plait

Jan 01, 2017 8:30 AM

If You’re Looking Forward to 2017, You’ll Have to Wait a Second. Literally.

Phil Plait

Dec 30, 2016 8:45 AM

Is It Possible to Make a Cloak of Invisibilty? This Illusion Might Convince You.

Phil Plait

Dec 29, 2016 8:45 AM

Bathe in Moonlight With These Ridiculously High-Res Images of Our Nearest Cosmic Neighbor

Phil Plait

Dec 28, 2016 9:00 AM

A Fog Dome Rises in the Night

Phil Plait

Dec 27, 2016 12:46 PM

Vera Rubin, Discoverer of Dark Matter, Has Died

Phil Plait

Dec 27, 2016 8:45 AM

Video Preview of Cassini’s Saturn Endgame

Phil Plait

Dec 26, 2016 12:00 PM

A Very Rare Sight: A Lunar Fogbow

Phil Plait

Dec 26, 2016 8:45 AM

The Photons Came Down the Chimney With Care

Phil Plait

Dec 25, 2016 8:45 AM

Venus Commands the Sky Over Frozen Waves

Phil Plait

Dec 24, 2016 8:45 AM

The Expanse Expanded

Phil Plait

Dec 23, 2016 8:45 AM

Look But DON’T Touch: How Scientists Are Learning About Antimatter

Phil Plait

Dec 22, 2016 8:45 AM

What Happens When the Camera Faces the Other Way During a SpaceX Landing?

Phil Plait

Dec 21, 2016 11:55 AM

Happy December Solstice! Watch the Sun Never Set Over Antarctica.

Phil Plait

Dec 21, 2016 8:45 AM

Trump Pick for OMB Chief Questions the Need for Government-Funded Scientific Research

Phil Plait

Dec 20, 2016 8:45 AM

Where is the Water on the Protoplanet Ceres? Everywhere.

Phil Plait

Dec 19, 2016 8:45 AM

Trump Adviser Compares Global Warming to Flat Earth

Phil Plait

Dec 16, 2016 8:45 AM

A Trio of Human Space Stories

Phil Plait

Dec 15, 2016 8:45 AM

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