Bad Astronomy: Mercury Messenger of the Gods Bad Astronomy: Mercury Messenger of the Gods
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Bad Astronomer Phil Plait takes us on a hot tour of Mercury. Visit www.Badastronomy.com

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Bad Astronomy: Saturn Lord of the Rings Bad Astronomy: Saturn Lord of the Rings
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Saturn's many moons have shaped its beautiful rings. And now we have an amazing collection of close up photos courtesy of the Cassini Spacecraft.

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Trip to the Large Hadron Collider Trip to the Large Hadron Collider
Posted by: TheBadAstronomer

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I visited the incredible Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. This is technology on a truly amazing scale! For more (including who's who in the vid) go to my two blog entries about this: http://www.badastron omy.com/bablog/2008/ 04/27/my-excellent-c ern-adventure-the-vi deo/
and
http://www.badast ronomy.com/bablog/20 08/04/22/europe-day- 3-cern-the-lhc

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Bad Astronomy: Black Hole Death Rays Bad Astronomy: Black Hole Death Rays
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Alien Planets Beware! Black holes vent their rage."Bad Astronomer" Phil Plait shows us how they do it.

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Bad Astronomy: Cookbook of Galactic Cannibalism Bad Astronomy: Cookbook of Galactic Cannibalism
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Those stately galaxies we've long admired are not exactly what we thought. Bad Astronomer Phil Plait takes you into the violent world of galactic predators.

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Bad Astronomy: Changing Face of Mars Bad Astronomy: Changing Face of Mars
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Whoever imagined Mars would be so colorful and dynamic? "Bad Astronomer" Phil Plait explores one of the greatest photographic collections ever.

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How Does Phil Plait Like Bad Astronomy.com\ How Does Phil Plait Like Bad Astronomy.com's New Home?
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Phil Plaite, The Bad Astronomer of Bad Astronomy.com talks about his move to Discover Magazine's new blog section and what has changed since then. 09.03.08 Distributed by Tubemogul.

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Wil Wheaton rocks Bad Astronomy! Wil Wheaton rocks Bad Astronomy!
Posted by: TheBadAstronomer

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Wil Wheaton (yes, Wesley Crusher from Trek) has a great webcast called InDigital, where he reviews techie gear. In a recent episode, he sends the love to my Bad Astronomy blog.

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Bad Astronomy - The Doctor has a book for you Bad Astronomy - The Doctor has a book for you
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When The Doctor leaves you stranded on an alien world, at least he leaves you with something good to read while you're there :)

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Announcing Q & BA! Announcing Q & BA!
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I am announcing "Q&BA", a new feature on my Bad Astronomy Blog (www.badastronomy.co m), where I will answer reader email on the webcam.

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Blowing up the spy satellite USA 193 Blowing up the spy satellite USA 193
Posted by: TheBadAstronomer

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UPDATE: The Navy successfully shot down the spysat: http://www.badastron omy.com/bablog/2008/ 02/20/breaking-spysa t-successfully-hit-b y-missile/
I give some of the facts and some opinions on the US blowing up the spy satellite USA 193. More info can be found on my blog at http://www.badastron omy.com/bablog/2008/ 02/19/blowing-up-a-s py-satellite/.

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Phil Plait 1/7 (The Amazing Meeting 2) Phil Plait 1/7 (The Amazing Meeting 2)
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Part 1 of 7. Phil Plait aka "The Bad Astronomer" and author of that remarkable book "Bad Astronomy". Phil gives an update on Planet X, speaks about Harmonic Discordance, Stupider Jupiter and the Martian Barnacles.

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Q and BA Episode 6: I Am Your Density Q and BA Episode 6: I Am Your Density
Posted by: TheBadAstronomer

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Space is a vacuum? That sucks.

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Q and BA Episode 7.5: Suspended Animation Q and BA Episode 7.5: Suspended Animation
Posted by: TheBadAstronomer

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Sad to say, but Q&BA is going on hiatus for a little while. I'm hoping to start it up again this summer, when I have more time to devote to it.

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Why do black holes have such strong gravity? Why do black holes have such strong gravity?
Posted by: TheBadAstronomer

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In my live video chat, I was asked, why do black holes have such stronger gravity than the stars they formed from?
Here's my answer.

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