Phil Plait: Ah, well. I have not seen this specific conspiracy theory, although there are tons of these that the sun's going to become a micro nova and somebody's predicting an exact date, you ...

Astronomer Phil Plait will present a lecture about the upcoming eclipse and deep space. The eclipse will occur at 1:49 p.m., April 8. The lecture will be held 6 p.m., Feb. 28, in the Whittenberger ...

Saturn’s mysterious rings give the planet an ethereal beauty that has captivated astronomers for centuries­—and Plait is no exception. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute Philip Plait is ...

What's six miles wide and can end civilization in an instant? An asteroid — and there are lots of them out there. Blogger Phil Plait explains what we must do to avoid them.

Phil Plait's article “Our Sun Was Born Far, Far from Here” [The Universe] was informative as to how our nascent Sol might have formed, and its anthropomorphic analogy of the sun having far ...

By Phil Plait. 4 August 2023 Asteroids look and behave very differently from the way they are depicted in sci-fi. Shutterstock/Nostalgia for Infinity. The following is an extract from our Lost in ...

Phil Plait, author of the "Bad Astronomer" newsletter, was the keynote speaker at the Rochester Museum & Science Center's ROC the Eclipse festival. He spoke to WXXI's Scott Fybush ...

Astronomer Phil Plait wrote in Scientific American that the conjunction should be best seen at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday. “Setting an alarm for 4:00 A.M. on August 14 is a big ask, but the ...

When it comes to scientific research, mistakes are not only part of—but also crucial—to the process. Phil Plait explains how small setbacks can play a critical role in making big discoveries.