Despite its title, Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy is actually full of very good astronomy. My sister knows Phil Plait and got me an autographed copy of his book Bad Astronomy a few years ago. It wasn't long before I headed over to his website, which is chock-full of fun stuff, like a thorough deconstruction of the "Moon Hoax" hoax, the Face on Mars, and even movie reviews (in defense of the movie The Core: "...as long as there are copies of "Armageddon" intact, no worse scifi movie will ever be made..")
It's not just an anti-bad astronomy website, though; check out these pictures of Saturn and Mars from the blog. Also, his links make this a great jumping-off point for anyone interested in science, or even just looking for a daily dose of "Wow!" Check it out!
The narcissistic primarily autobiographical blog of the pseudonymous d.b. echo
OK, so who's your sister?
ReplyDeleteShe worked with you at Goddard - first initial A. More than that I won't say on my blog, but drop me an e-mail and I'll let you know - or I'll see if your e-mail is on your site.
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