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Registrado: Mar 25, 2006

Nombre: TheBadAstronomer

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I am an astronomer, writer, lecturer, critical thinker, and, yes, calendar model. I run the Bad Astronomy website and write a blog there debunking bad astronomy, bad science, and bad thinking in general.

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Astronomy questions from kids, Part 5 (last one!)

  • Duración: 5:43
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  • Autor: TheBadAstronomer

Tags: "bad  "big  "phil  astronomy  astronomy"  bang"  plait"  science  space  students 

My friend Tina is a teacher in Austin. She asked her sixth grade students to send me questions they had about astronomy, and I answer them on camera. There were so many I had to split this into *5* parts! This is the part. I really only answer one question: What is the Big Bang theory, and do I...

Astronomy questions from kids, Part 2

  • Duración: 9:57
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  • Autor: TheBadAstronomer

Tags: "bad  "phil  aliens  astronomy  astronomy"  Mars  Moon  plait"  planets  Pluto  science  space  students 

My friend Tina is a teacher in Austin. She asked her sixth grade students to send me questions they had about astronomy, and I answer them on question. There were so many I had to split this into *5* parts! This is Part 2, and these are the questions they asked me: 1) Why is gravity different...

Why do black holes have such strong gravity?

  • Duración: 4:12
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  • Autor: TheBadAstronomer

Tags: "black  astronomy  bad  gravity  holes"  phil  plait  stars 

In my live video chat, I was asked, why do black holes have such stronger gravity than the stars they formed from? Here's my answer.

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The Truth Illuminated - "No stars in the Lunar Sky?"

  • Duración: 7:44
  • Calificación: 4.48 de 71 people
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  • Autor: SirMildredPierce

Tags: 16  Apollo  Carruthers  conspiracy  coverup  George  hoax  John  moon  space  stars  Young 

Hi-res version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1aixi_Sj24&fmt=6 Proponents of the Apollo-hoax theory will often put forth as evidence the lack of stars in the lunar sky in photographs from the various Apollo missions. This bit of so-called-evidence has been debunked time and time again....

Prank -The Alien Saucer Crash Landing

  • Duración: 1:20
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  • Autor: wwwchanceformecom

Tags: alien  comedy  crash  fun  funny  humor  pranks  spoof  ufo 

Alien ufo crash lands near a road... http://www.chanceforme.com http://www.goworkfromhome.com

Big Bang v2.0

  • Duración: 4:18
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  • Autor: Sciencefilms

Tags: Alom  antimatter  astronomy  Bang  Big  CERN  collider  end  hadron  large  matter  of  particle  physics  science  Shaha  the  world 

Dr Brian Cox takes us on a tour of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva - the biggest, most complicated machine ever built. Once switched on, it will allow scientists to recreate the conditions that existed in the first moments after the Big Bang. Brian and other CERN scientists explain...