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Not sure if anyone else follows this Blog. Bad Astronomy done by Dr Phil Plait.

Usually has 3-4 posts a day adn some really cool photos of space ect.

Not just about astronomy, he does all sorts of fun posts. But the photos he finds are great.

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Re: Bad Astronomy

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Okay, those are jaw-droppingly gorgeous... but why 'bad' astronomy?
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Well he started way back in the late 90's and originally was out to fight bad astronomy, Like planet X and the Mayan callender. Now he's famous and worked on Hubble so does lots of stuff. He has access to a lot of cool departments in NASA and Europe.
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Ah, an artifact title. I can dig it. ;)
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Another great image from him.

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That's no moon... Oh wait, yes it is. My bad.
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Sonic Glitch wrote:That's no moon... Oh wait, yes it is. My bad.
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Those single emoticon posts make me miss Mark...
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Speaking of Mark, anyone know how he's doing? Improving, I hope.

And where's Mikey? He hasn't been on in a while. :?
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Well he did have a lot on his plate after Sandy and the injury. I assume he's just getting on top of things.
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Teaos wrote:Well he did have a lot on his plate after Sandy and the injury. I assume he's just getting on top of things.
True, but that happened several weeks before he dropped off the radar, and he seemed to be on the mend and keeping on top of things. Anyway, if you or Tsu happen to speak to him give him my best.
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