Phil Plait will be calling in at
11:30am PST on Monday, November 14th.
Phil Plait, also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, skeptic, writer and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team, images and spectra of astronomical objects, as well as engaging in public outreach advocacy for NASA missions. He has written two books, Bad Astronomy and Death from the Skies. He has also appeared in several science documentaries, including Phil Plait’s Bad Universe on the Discovery Channel. From August 2008 through 2009, he served as President of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Additionally, he wrote and hosted episodes of Crash Course Astronomy, which aired its last episode in 2016. He has a regular column at Slate.com and just wrapped production of the new series Bill Nye Saves the World as the head science writer.
Have a question for Phil Plait? Leave it in the comments below.
When I saw Arrival, I think there was a thank you for “Phil Plate” (memory has it spelt P-l-a-t-e). Were they supposed to be thanking you?
What is your opinion of the March 13, 1997 Phoenix LIghts event?
Which astral bodies are most and least lickable?
Dad, are you space?
Hey Phil, Any new goats added since last year? And will you be tweeting pictures of the super moon. As it is rainy here in Seattle and I will miss it.
as The Bad Astronomer, just how bad *is* your astronomy?
What do you think about expeditions to Mars, like the “Mars One” project?
If you were a bus driver, what ornaments would you have on your dashboard?
With the advent of the spread of adaptive optics, what are you most excited about within the field of astronomy to have expand for advancement and/or discovery with the largest lenses now available with greatest clarity to date?
Can you explain why the rock I found in my backyard is definitely not a meteorite? It really looks like one…
What’s your personal view on the nature of Dark Matter? Do you think we’ll gain any insight into it from high energy physics in the near future?
If you had to name a region of space THE BONE ZONE, what region of space would it be?
What is one astronomy related website or resources that everyone should be aware of?
So, before the question, I just want to note that, over a decade back, Bad Astronomy was my introduction to the entire Skeptical movement, and so is probably one of the biggest influences on my life.
For the question, what is the strangest astronomical phenomena you can think of?
Do you have a personal favourite inspirational/meaningful space image?
How excited are you for the James Webb Space Telescope?
Dear Phil: why is the sun so awful?
Do you think we will see colonization in our lifetime?
Dear Phil: What in your opinion is the most amazing celestial body?
How are goats like astronomy?
Do you see sunspots becoming a bigger threat in the future with their ability to mess with our electronics?
Hey Phil, why the platypus?
What’s one piece of art, music, or written text that brings you happiness?
Have you ever considered doing a series with Hank and John Green or someone from those circles?
What is Phil Plaits vision for the far future of humanity?
What are the chances that I will live long enough to die on Mars
Opinions/information on the recent story about Saturn changing color?
What’s your opinion on Venus?
If you could go faster than the speed of light would there be a luminary equivalent of a sonic boom?
What is the most mind shatteringly terrifying thing about space?
If you could travel to a Mars colony, but wouldn’t be able to return, at least for the foreseeable future, would you go?
What was your favorite part of working on Crash Course Astronomy, besides the joy of sharing your knowledge with the world?
What is the one thing you feel must happen in the near future for mankind to actually meet the current goals being bandied about for humans visiting and/or colonizing Mars?
If Desert Bus were Space Bus, traveling to and from the Kuiper belt, how long would the trip subjectively be for the driver and the chat back on earth, respectively, if the Desert Space Bus were traveling at 0.95c?
If there were a planet in the distant depths of the outer solar system, what technology would we need to use to see/find it?
Dear Dr Phil, my university has just started a new Space Society, and whilst we’re trying to get engaged with stuff like rocketry and ballooning it’s taking a while to get the infrastructure together. Do you have any ideas of what other cool spacey things we as a society could spend our time doing?
very briefly how do you feel about astrology as a whole and do you think it has a place in the world?
Some of my peers have been trying to get me to submit to degeneracy pressure – should I give in?
Are there any plans for an educational show in the future? I liked the limited series show you hosted.
PS – it’s pronounced TrayCo
How big is the Goldilocks zone or how much closer or further away could you move earth befor things get really bad?
Please explain the “ninth planet” situation and its current status. Many thanks.
How feasible is it to land an actual Desert Bus on the Moon? For reference: https://www.twitch.tv/cantwearhats/v/45629672
I know you do space. Do you also do time? I swear that 12 hours ago was Day 5 of Desert Bus and now it feels like Day 1. HALP!
What is your favorite and least favorite part about Colorado?
What are your feelings on Kerbal Space Program?
What are your thoughts about the use of cube satellites, especially among the ham radio community?
Can a standard hand gun be fired in space? Is there a way for the combustion to happen in the bullet casing?
CORRECTION: *another* series. Meant to say that and managed to miss the word.
You mentioned space telescopes earlier, what is your thought on the recently unveiled James Webb mirror array?
What do you think of the Neal Stephenson’s novel Seveneves
What do you think needs to be done to address space pollution/the debris field; do you think anything needs to be done?
How is Magnetar different from black hole?
What about black holes?
What are your thoughts on the sun’s coronal mass ejection and earth’s declining Magnetosphere?
Do you think the Space Shuttle Program was a step back for space exploration? Should we have continued pushing out instead of focusing on LEO?
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