Phil Plait will be calling into Desert Bus at 2:00pm PST on Friday, November 20th.
Phil Plait, PhD, is an American astronomer and the brains behind the science blog “Bad Astronomy” and author of Bad Astronomy and Death from the Skies. He has been a part of the Hubble Space Telescope team, engaged in public outreach for NASA, and appeared in several documentaries including Phil Plait’s Bad Universe on Discovery. He has also in the last year joined the Youtube channel Crash Course where he hosts the astronomy unit.
Have a question for Phil? Leave it in the comments below!
Any plans for another series of Crash Course Astronomy?
If someone from an extra-solar planet was looking at our solar system with the same technology we have today, what would they see?
Super moon or superest moon?
How large would Jupiter appear in the sky from the surface of Europa?
When discussing astronomy with non-science people, such as the public outreach for NASA, do you have any tips or ways that you reach out to them to encourage their interest?
Now that Mythbusters is going off the air is there much hope for good scientific programming on cable tv or has everything migrated to the internet?
Niburu: factual cover-up or alien conspiracy?
What is best in space?
Do any of the episodes of Crash Course Astronomy stand out as particularly memorable or enjoyable to make?
If you could send a probe to any body in the solar system, where would you send it and what would you hope to find?
If I stare into Space long enough, will it stare back?
Any favorite hard science fiction stories (for example the works of Larry Niven) or any favorite possible technologies from them (like a Bussard Ram-Jet for example)?
Have you ever played Kerbal Space Program? Taught me SO MUCH about orbital dynamics and space exploration (and catastrophic stack collapses)1
How are the goats?
Your preference for theoretical colonization in our solar system – Mars or Venus?
Dear Dr Phil, i love when you are on the podcast Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe. When can i expect to see you on there more?
Hey Phil! Who (or what) inspired you to become an astronomer?
Randall Munroe consulted you in connection with his epic comic “Time” that won a 2014 Hugo. Fans of “Time” are curious for your side of the story — what was it like helping Mr. Munroe create animated starfields for the year 13291?
How do we know the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy and not some other shape?
What’s the most annoyed you’ve been at a bit of science fiction technobable (for being complete nonsense) and what was it?
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