Publications by Phil Plait | LitMetric

Publications by authors named "Phil Plait"

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When the Moon Hits Your Eye: The rising moon looks huge on the horizon, but it's all in your head.

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January 2025

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The Milky Way's Fate: Will our galaxy ever collide with its neighbor?

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December 2024

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Nope-It's Never Aliens: Claims of alien starships visiting Earth always fall short.

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November 2024

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Cosmic Pareidolia: The human brain loves seeing patterns that aren't there.

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October 2024

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Supernova Scars: Stellar explosions regularly shower Earth with radioactive debris.

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September 2024

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Our Sun Was Born Far, Far from Here: New clues suggest our nearest star has a complex origin story.

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July 2023

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The Scale of Space Will Break Your Brain: Can we understand the universe without comprehending its size?

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June 2024

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Planetary Baby Pics: Snapshots of planet-forming disks reveal secrets of how worlds are born.

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July 2024

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New View of the Crab Nebula: The James Webb Space Telescope may shed light on the supernova remnant's origins.

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February 2024

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The Era of Monster Telescopes: Matters of money, engineering and sheer geometry may end the construction of ever larger astronomical telescopes.

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March 2024

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Lunar Lens: View of a solar eclipse-from the moon.

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March 2024

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The Milky Way's Secrets: Our galaxy's night-sky spectacle sparked scientific revolutions.

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November 2023

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Let NASA Do What NASA Does Best: Increasing NASA's budget would ease pressure and allow the agency to dream even bigger.

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January 2024

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Conspiracy Theories Then and Now: The moon-landing hoax presaged today's antiscience beliefs.

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December 2023

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Alien Aurora: Glowing lights on a brown dwarf may mean it has a moon.

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April 2024

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The "Habitable Zone" Problem: When looking for livable planets, we should broaden our horizons.

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October 2023

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When We Find Earth 2.0, What's Next?: It might not be long before astronomers announce an Earth analogue.

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May 2024

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Is E.T. Eavesdropping on Us?: Cell-phone towers leak radio waves into space, but the signals will be tough for aliens to detect.

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September 2023

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Worsening Light Pollution: We are losing our view of the sky at an astonishing rate of almost 10 percent a year.

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June 2023

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The Blast That Shook the World: A decade ago Earth suffered its largest asteroid impact in more than a century.

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May 2023

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Volcanic Activity Surprises on Mars: A mass of moving material called a mantle plume may be causing quakes and volcanism.

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April 2023

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Neutrinos Reveal Black Hole Secrets: Particles from an active galaxy show how supermassive black holes gobble matter.

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March 2023

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JWST Glimpses Dazzling Stellar Spirals: A new image of a star surrounded by strange swirls reveals a hidden chapter in the story of the cosmos.

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February 2023

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A Flash in the Night: The death of a massive star across the universe affected lightning on Earth.

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January 2023

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