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Bad Astronomy Blog

http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog

An astronomer's personal view on life, the Universe, and everything. Informative, funny, skeptical, and topical, it's mostly cool astronomy stuff and science in general, with a definite slant against antiscience and uncritical thinking.

Added on: May 6th, 2005
Country: United States
Language: English

Listed in: Science Humor
Tags: science astronomy cool stuff skepticism NASA antiscience

Recent Posts

Meteorite found due to skycam

Posted on Sunday November 8th, 2009 at 09:00 in cool stuff, antiscience

Out in Western Australia, in the Nullabor desert, there is an array of sky cameras designed to observe meteors as they flame their way through our atmosphere. It’s been observing the sky since 2006, and it paid off handsomely: a bright meteor o...
Carl Sagan Day live stream!

Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 08:07 in astronomy, andrew mayne, carl sagan day

My friend, the magician Andrew Mayne, is here at Carl Sagan Day, and told me that he will be live streaming the entire event on UStream! I’ve embedded the video viewer below (hopefully it won’t start playing automatically). If you go to t...
Reminder: Carl Sagan Day

Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 15:00 in astronomy, lecture, carl sagan day

A quick reminder: the Carl Sagan Day celebration will be at Broward College in southern Florida on Saturday! Speakers include James Randi, Jeffrey Bennett, David Morrison, and me. There will be lots of stuff for kids and astronomy enthusiasts of all ...
Pray this doesn’t get passed

Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 13:00 in politics, prayer, John Kerry, orrin hatch, piece of mind, antiscience, alt-med

I was going to write about how Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and John Kerry (D-MA) were trying to somewhat slimily slip a provision into the health care bill about paying for prayer-based health services, but then wouldn’tyouknowit, Steve Novella...
Careidolia

Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 11:30 in religion, skepticism, pareidolia

OK, I know that some people see the face of their religious icons in random things. I’ve written about this a zillion times. And I know that sometimes it’s just pareidolia, our tendency to see faces in random objects. And I know that peop...
The Universe Has Us in Its Crosshairs

Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 09:00 in cool stuff, carl sagan, art exhibit, deathfromtheskies!, marian call

Looking for something to do this weekend, and for the next month? Are you anywhere near New York City? Then I am very pleased to let you know that a group of artists there have created an exhibit based on my book, Death from the Skies! The exhibit i...