Astronomer and science writer Phil Plait, of Boulder, says satellites and rocket engines re-enter the atmosphere all the time. But the thing is, “This thing is big. It’s school bus-ish size and it weighs 9 -10 tons. So most of of it will burn up in our atmosphere. But it’s predicted that some pieces will …
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BIll Nye Saves the World will explore science and its impact on politics, society and pop culture. Each episode will tackle a different topic from a scientific point of view, dispelling myths and refuting anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by politicians, religious leaders or titans of industry. Nye also will bring in special guests, …
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How I busted the Apollo hoax conspiracy – and why we SHOULD fear asteroids. Phil Plait, behind the Bad Astronomy blog, reveals the hoaxes and the real dangers in the skies.
Watch author and astronomer Phil Plait kick ass and win a golden mouth organ on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptzlvq-wvQI&list=PL5F08A41980200D62&index=2&feature=plpp_video
Astronomer Phil Plait is one of three guests invited on MSNBC science editor Alan Doyle’s online talk show. They talk about the recent discovery of two Earth-sized ‘exo-planets’ and what it means for our search for life on other planets: http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/20/9591482-quintet-gangs-up-on-alien-worlds
That’s an understatement. Every year Astronomer Phil Plait picks his favorite astronomical images of the year and posts them on his Bad Astronomy blog, hosted by the Discovery Channel. But this year he had so many he had to have three categories: Space Pictures (in or from near-Earth orbit), Solar System Pictures and Deep Space …
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Author, astronomer and speaker Phil Plait has been immortalized in two different comics! The first in a Saturday Morning Breakfast cereal comic (http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2423#comic) and the other is a comic by artist Maki Naro for his sci-ence blog: (http://sci-ence.org/lunar-erratum/) where he explains the REAL reason the moon looks bigger on the horizon. This comic also made …