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Phil Plait


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Jackolonimbus

Bad Astronomy | July 3rd, 2009 in Humor, Pareidolia | 12 Comments »

Homeopathetic

Bad Astronomy | July 3rd, 2009 in Alt-Med, Antiscience, Humor | 27 Comments »

NASA’s Plan B

Bad Astronomy | July 3rd, 2009 in NASA, Piece of mind | 32 Comments »

What must E.T. think of us?

Bad Astronomy | July 3rd, 2009 in Astronomy, Humor | 35 Comments »

Voices from the Moon

Bad Astronomy | July 2nd, 2009 in NASA, Pretty pictures | 8 Comments »

Astrology is Taurus feces

Bad Astronomy | July 2nd, 2009 in Antiscience, Astronomy, Science, Skepticism | 52 Comments »

LRO First Light images of the Moon!

Bad Astronomy | July 2nd, 2009 in Astronomy, NASA | 112 Comments »

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      If you went to BadAstronomy.com and found yourself here, never fear: the BA Blog has moved to its new home at Discover Blogs. The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking and all that) is still online, too.

      Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.


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