Phil Plait

Zombie ISON ‘Behaving Like A Comet’, Stunned Astronomers Say

Talk about the Comeback Kid. After Comet C/2012 S1 ISON rounded the sun yesterday afternoon, professional astronomers around the world looked…

10 years ago

Update, 9:55 pm EST: It's a Thanksgiving miracle: apparently it now looks like ISON has actually survived!! Alright we're calling…

10 years ago

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All writers love to read, and our friend Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer is no exception. And since we often…

12 years ago

Here's a great talk given by our friend Phil Plait at a TED event, TEDxBoulder, about how an asteroid might…

13 years ago

Yes, the world will end someday, but probably not in your lifetime. Just had to post this video "mashup" from…

13 years ago

He's back!!! Our pal Phil Plait the Bad Astronomer is back again on the Discovery Channel with the second episode…

14 years ago

We've hinted that it was going to be made, and then we warned you that a sneak preview would be…

14 years ago

We are SOOO looking forward to our friend Phil Plait's new endeavor, a TV show called "Phil Plait’s Bad Universe,"…

14 years ago