Comments on: Weekend coolness http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: gar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136149 gar Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:03:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136149 Happy 45th Birthday to Doctor Who! Happy 45th Birthday to Doctor Who!

]]> By: shane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136103 shane Sun, 23 Nov 2008 07:18:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136103 A retired geologist using google earth may have found another meteorite impact crater in outback Oz... www.smh.com.au/news/technology/meteorite-crater-found-in-outback-nsw/2008/11/22/1226770814042.html A retired geologist using google earth may have found another meteorite impact crater in outback Oz…
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/meteorite-crater-found-in-outback-nsw/2008/11/22/1226770814042.html

]]> By: shane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136099 shane Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:56:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136099 Oh, <i>that</i> Copernicus. Phew. This Copernicus is alive and well though... www.flickr.com/photos/15584423@N02/1744284679/in/set-72157602694433265/ Oh, that Copernicus. Phew. This Copernicus is alive and well though…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15584423@N02/1744284679/in/set-72157602694433265/

]]> By: Coturnix http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136083 Coturnix Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:16:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136083 Only a week to go and <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/clock/2008/11/the_open_laboratory_2008_in_th_1.php" rel="nofollow">still no entries</b> from Bad Astronomy? Only a week to go and still no entries from Bad Astronomy?

]]> By: Monkey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136079 Monkey Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:28:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136079 Fireball coolness!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2aX-784sw Fireball coolness!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_2aX-784sw

]]> By: BlondeReb3 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136078 BlondeReb3 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:26:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136078 That is cool about the hair and the book. I guess it's nice that what they expect he'd look like also matches fairly well the well known portrait of him. Methinks I'll go look now! That is cool about the hair and the book. I guess it’s nice that what they expect he’d look like also matches fairly well the well known portrait of him. Methinks I’ll go look now!

]]> By: Retrogarde http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136062 Retrogarde Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:00:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136062 Nice: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe.html Nice:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/george_smoot_on_the_design_of_the_universe.html

]]> By: Tony http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136061 Tony Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:55:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136061 Copernicus looks remarkably like Zephram Cochrane (at least as portrayed by James Cromwell) -- http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Zefram_Cochrane -- who likewise vastly expanded (will expand?) Humanity's view of our place in the universe. At least we know who to get to play Copernicus in the movie of his life story... Copernicus looks remarkably like Zephram Cochrane (at least as portrayed by James Cromwell) — http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Zefram_Cochrane — who likewise vastly expanded (will expand?) Humanity’s view of our place in the universe.

At least we know who to get to play Copernicus in the movie of his life story…

]]> By: Sionyn http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136059 Sionyn Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:53:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136059 Did any one see einstein and eddington on bbc 2 last night much better than the doctor oh did i mention it has David Tennant as Eddington it was bloody great shame that they dont have more of this stuff cheers Did any one see
einstein and eddington on bbc 2 last night
much better than the doctor

oh did i mention it has David Tennant as Eddington
it was bloody great

shame that they dont have more of this stuff

cheers

]]> By: Umair Rahat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136056 Umair Rahat Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:32:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136056 While at Copernicus, enjoy the <a href="http://astronomy2009.org/resources/multimedia/audio/detail/shoulders_of_giants/" rel="nofollow">Shoulders of Giants by The Chromatics and the AstroCappella for IYA2009</a>! While at Copernicus, enjoy the Shoulders of Giants by The Chromatics and the AstroCappella for IYA2009!

]]> By: Freiddie http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136053 Freiddie Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:59:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136053 ' “Stand back: I’m going to try science!” ': Oh I love that quote. ‘ “Stand back: I’m going to try science!” ‘: Oh I love that quote.

]]> By: LarianLeQuella http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136048 LarianLeQuella Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:36:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136048 I used to drink (heavilly) at a place that Copernicus supposedly frequented: http://www.albrindisi.com/storia.htm I used to drink (heavilly) at a place that Copernicus supposedly frequented: http://www.albrindisi.com/storia.htm

]]> By: Brian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/comment-page-1/#comment-136042 Brian Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:20:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/11/22/weekend-coolness/#comment-136042 Wow. That's some serious effort those folks put into identifying his remains. Score one for forensic archaeology. "Stand back: I'm going to try <b>science</b>!" Wow. That’s some serious effort those folks put into identifying his remains. Score one for forensic archaeology.

“Stand back: I’m going to try science!”

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