Phil Plait
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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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April 9 2016 9:00 AMLovely Clouds and Sky Time-Lapse Animation: Field of ViewPhil Plait
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April 8 2016 9:00 AMThe Delicate Petals of a 30 Megaton ImpactPhil Plait
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April 6 2016 11:45 AMSoonPhil Plait
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April 5 2016 12:00 PMGorgeous Aurora Time-Lapse Video: “Radiance”Phil Plait
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April 4 2016 12:00 PMStudents: Want to Experience Weightlessness?Phil Plait
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April 3 2016 9:00 AMIntroducing Crash Course Physics!Phil Plait
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April 1 2016 8:45 AMFeast Your Eyes on a Half-Million Stars in the Heart of the Milky WayPhil Plait
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March 30 2016 8:45 AMAnother Global Warming Record: Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Low MaximumPhil Plait
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March 29 2016 8:45 AMCaught on Video: Jupiter Got Whacked by Yet Another Asteroid or Comet!Phil Plait
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March 28 2016 8:45 AMDonald Trump: “I Am Not a Believer” in Human-Made Global WarmingPhil Plait
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March 26 2016 9:30 AMWatch a Sweet Animated Short About Two Joyous Friends Who Dream to Explore SpacePhil Plait
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March 24 2016 8:30 AMThe Canaries Are Heavily Vegetated Islands ... So Why Are They Red?Phil Plait
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March 22 2016 11:45 AMAmazing Time-Lapse Animation: A Year of SunrisesPhil Plait
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March 21 2016 12:00 PMExoMars Spacecraft Seen on Its Way to Mars!Phil Plait
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March 20 2016 9:30 AMStunning Time-Lapse Video: SkylightPhil Plait
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April 8 2016 6:15 PMWhy SpaceX’s Successful Rocket Landing Is Such a Big DealPhil Plait
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April 7 2016 9:00 AMWhat Does a Hundred Billon Galaxies Mean?Phil Plait
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April 6 2016 9:00 AMNew Rosetta Portait of the Comet Is Moody and Reflective. Literally.Phil Plait
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April 5 2016 9:15 AMMartian Dust Devil Dogs Red Planet RoverPhil Plait
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April 4 2016 8:45 AMBlue Origin Launches Its New Shepard Rocket for the Third TimePhil Plait
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April 2 2016 9:00 AMTesla, Elon Musk, and Climate Change: Can an Electric Car Help Save the World?Phil Plait
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March 31 2016 8:45 AMAstronomers Map a Distant Super-Earth, but It’s a Molten HellPhil Plait
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March 29 2016 11:30 AMYour Heart Beats Due to a Star Long DeadPhil Plait
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March 28 2016 11:45 AMPsychedelic Stroboscopic Easter EggsPhil Plait
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March 27 2016 9:00 AMThe Tribeca Film Festival Pulls Anti-Vax “Documentary”Phil Plait
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March 25 2016 9:15 AMOh, Just Another Gorgeous Photo of a Weird Geological Formation on Mars.Phil Plait
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March 23 2016 9:30 AMTwo Telescopes Tell Different Tales of a GalaxyPhil Plait
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March 22 2016 9:00 AMIf Global Warming Is Real … Why Is Iceland So Cold?Phil Plait
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March 21 2016 9:00 AMTwo Tiny Comets Will Fly Past Earth in a Pair of the Closest Encounters in History. Watch Live! Phil Plait
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March 19 2016 9:00 AMHappy Vernal Equinox 2016! But What Does That Mean?Phil Plait

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