Phil Plait#Badastronomy.com

Plait grew up in the Washington, D.C. area. He has said he became interested in astronomy when his father brought home a telescope when Plait was 5 years old or so. According to Plait, he "aimed it at Saturn that night. One look, and that was it. I was hooked."{{cite web |url=http://www.samaralectures.com/speakers/phil-plait/ |title=Phil Plait |work=Samara Lectures |access-date=January 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111034851/http://www.samaralectures.com/speakers/phil-plait/ |url-status=live }}

Plait attended the University of Michigan and received his PhD in astronomy at the University of Virginia in 1995 with a thesis on supernova SN 1987A, which he studied with the Supernova Intensive Study (SINS).{{Cite journal |title=Spatially Resolved STIS Spectroscopy of SN 1987A: Evidence for Shock Interaction with Circumstellar Gas |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |first1=G. |last1=Sonneborn |first2=C. S. J. |last2=Pun |first3=R. A. |last3=Kimble |first4=T. R. |last4=Gull |first5=P. |last5=Lundqvist |first6=R. |last6=McCray |first7=P. |last7=Plait |first8=A. |last8=Boggess |first9=C. W. |last9=Bowers |first10=A. C. |last10=Danks |first11=J. |last11=Grady |first12=S. R. |last12=Heap |first13=S. |last13=Kraemer |first14=D. |last14=Lindler |first15=J. |last15=Loiacono |first16=S. P. |last16=Maran |first17=H. W. |last17=Moos |first18=B. E. |last18=Woodgate |s2cid=29997086 |display-authors=5 |volume=492 |issue=2 |pages=L139–L142 |date=January 1998 |arxiv=astro-ph/9710373 |bibcode=1998ApJ...492L.139S |doi=10.1086/311106}}

During the 1990s, Plait worked with the COBE satellite and later was part of the Hubble Space Telescope team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, working largely on the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph. In 1995, he published observations of a ring of circumstellar material around SN 1987A, which led to further study of explosion mechanisms in core-collapse supernovae.{{Cite journal |title=HST observations of the ring around SN 1987A |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |first1=Philip C. |last1=Plait |first2=Peter |last2=Lundqvist |first3=Roger A. |last3=Chevalier |first4=Robert P. |last4=Kirshner |volume=439 |pages=730–751 |date=February 1995 |bibcode=1995ApJ...439..730P |doi=10.1086/175213|doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |title=Explosion mechanism, neutrino burst and gravitational wave in core-collapse supernovae |journal=Reports on Progress in Physics |first1=Kei |last1=Kotake |first2=Katsuhiko |last2=Sato |first3=Keitaro |last3=Takahashi |s2cid=119103628 |volume=69 |issue=4 |pages=971–1143 |date=April 2006 |arxiv=astro-ph/0509456 |bibcode=2006RPPh...69..971K |doi=10.1088/0034-4885/69/4/R03}} Plait's work with Grady, et al. resulted in the presentation of high-resolution images of isolated stellar objects (including AB Aurigae{{Cite journal |title=Hubble Space Telescope Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph Coronagraphic Imaging of the Herbig Ae Star AB Aurigae |journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters |first1=C. A. |last1=Grady |first2=B. |last2=Woodgate |first3=F. C. |last3=Bruhweiler |first4=A. |last4=Boggess |first5=Philip |last5=Plait |first6=Don J. |last6=Lindler |first7=M. |last7=Clampin |first8=P. |last8=Kalas |display-authors=5 |volume=523 |issue=2 |pages=L151–L154 |date=October 1999 |doi=10.1086/312270 |bibcode=1999ApJ...523L.151G|doi-access=free }} and HD 163296{{Cite journal |title=STIS coronagraphic imaging of the Herbig AE Star: HD 163296 |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |first1=C. A. |last1=Grady |first2=David |last2=Devine |first3=B. |last3=Woodgate |first4=R. |last4=Kimble |first5=F. C. |last5=Bruhweiler |first6=A. |last6=Boggess |first7=J. L. |last7=Kinsky |first8=Philip |last8=Plait |first9=M. |last9=Clampin |first10=P. |last10=Kalas |display-authors=5 |volume=544 |issue=2 |pages=895–902 |date=December 2000 |bibcode=2000ApJ...544..895G |doi=10.1086/317222|doi-access=free }}) from the Hubble Space Telescope, among the first of those recorded. These results have been used in further studies into the properties and structure of dim, young, moderate-size stars, called Herbig Ae/Be stars,{{Cite journal |title=Spatially Resolved Circumstellar Structure of Herbig Ae/Be Stars in the Near-Infrared |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |first1=Rafael |last1=Millan-Gabet |first2=F. Peter |last2=Schloerb |first3=Wesley A. |last3=Traub |s2cid=14468101 |volume=546 |issue=1 |pages=358–381 |date=January 2001 |arxiv=astro-ph/0008072 |bibcode=2001ApJ...546..358M |doi=10.1086/318239}} which also confirmed results observed by Grady, et al.{{Cite journal |title=A reconsideration of disk properties in Herbig Ae stars |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |first1=A. |last1=Natta |first2=T. |last2=Prusti |first3=R. |last3=Neri |first4=D. |last4=Wooden |first5=V. P. |last5=Grinin |first6=V. |last6=Mannings |display-authors=5 |volume=371 |issue=1 |pages=186–197 |date=May 2001 |bibcode=2001A&A...371..186N |doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20010334|doi-access=free }}

After his research contributions, Plait concentrated on educational outreach.{{cite web |title=Dr. Philip Plait: Biography |url=http://www.badastronomy.com/pr/bio.html |publisher=Bad Astronomy |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919130718/http://www.badastronomy.com/pr/bio.html |url-status=live }} He went on to perform web-based public outreach for the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and other NASA-funded missions while at Sonoma State University from 2000 to 2007.{{cite web |title=Phil Plait |publisher=Sonoma State University |url=http://epo.sonoma.edu/group/plait.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116140048/http://epo.sonoma.edu/group/plait.html |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |url-status=dead }} In 2001, he coauthored a paper on increasing accessibility of astronomy education resources and programs.{{cite conference |title=Space Mysteries: Making Science and Astronomy Learning Fun |conference=American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2001. December 10–14, 2001. San Francisco, California. |first1=P. |last1=Plait |first2=G. |last2=Tim |first3=L. |last3=Cominsky |id=Abstract #ED32A-02 |date=December 2001 |bibcode=2001AGUFMED32A..02P}}

A large proportion of his public outreach occurs online. He established the badastronomy website in 1998 and the corresponding blog in 2005. The website remains archived{{cite web |first=Phil |last=Plait |title=Bad Astronomy |url=http://www.badastronomy.com/index.html |date=2008 |access-date=November 27, 2019 |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120002159/http://www.badastronomy.com/index.html |url-status=live }} but is no longer actively maintained, while the blog has continued, through several changes of platform, to the present day.

His first book, Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax", deals with much the same subject matter as his website. His second book, Death from the Skies, describes ways astronomical events could wipe out life on Earth and was released in October 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/04/08/big-announcement-part-1-my-next-book/ |title=Big Announcement Part 1: My next book! |work=BadAstronomy.com |date=April 8, 2007 |access-date=May 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070505163921/http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/04/08/big-announcement-part-1-my-next-book/ |archive-date=May 5, 2007 |url-status=dead }}

Plait's work has also appeared in the Encyclopædia Britannica Yearbook of Science and the Future and Astronomy magazine. He is also a frequent guest on the SETI Institute's weekly science radio show Big Picture Science.

{{Anchor|Bad Universe}}Plait has contributed to a number of television and cinema productions, either onscreen as host or guest or in an advisory role offscreen. He hosted the three-part documentary series Phil Plait's "Bad Universe" on the Discovery Channel,{{cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/07/23/my-sooper-sekrit-project-revealed/ |title=My Sooper Sekrit Project: REVEALED! |work=Bad Astronomy |publisher=Discover Magazine |access-date=July 23, 2010 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917001256/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/07/23/my-sooper-sekrit-project-revealed/ |url-status=dead }} which first aired in the United States on August 29, 2010, but was not picked up as a series. He has appeared in numerous science documentaries and programs including How the Universe Works. Plait was a science advisor for the 2016 film Arrival{{cite web|last1=Plait|first1=Phil|title=Arrival - A not really Bad Astronomy review|url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/arrival-not-really-bad-astronomy-review|website=Syfy.com|access-date=April 14, 2018|language=en|date=February 15, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415130230/http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/arrival-not-really-bad-astronomy-review|url-status=live}} and the 2017 CBS TV series Salvation.{{cite web|last1=Howell|first1=Elizabeth|title=How Realistic Is the Science in the CBS Show Salvation?|url=https://www.space.com/37532-science-of-cbs-salvation-asteroid-tv.html|website=Space.com|date=July 19, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202160944/https://www.space.com/37532-science-of-cbs-salvation-asteroid-tv.html|url-status=live}} He was the head science writer of the 2017 show Bill Nye Saves the World on Netflix.{{cite web|last1=Plait|first1=Phil|title=Bill Nye Saves the World!|date=April 21, 2017 |url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/bill-nye-saves-world|access-date=December 17, 2017|archive-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052255/http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/bill-nye-saves-world|url-status=live}}

File:Wiseman Plait Nickell.jpg in 2011, with Richard Wiseman and Joe Nickell]]

From 2008 to 2009, Plait served as the president of the James Randi Educational Foundation, which promotes scientific skepticism, a position he eventually stepped down from in order to focus on the "Bad Universe" television project. He has also been a regular speaker at widely attended science and skepticism events and conferences, such as The Amazing Meeting (TAM),{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrFRbGjUtJk |title=Phil Plait at TAM 8: Don't be a Dick |work=James Randi Educational Foundation |publisher=YouTube.com |date=February 17, 2012 |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-date=May 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528174758/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrFRbGjUtJk |url-status=live }} Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS),{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn4G1jt5LCY |title=Phil Plait – The Final Epsilon |work=NECSS |publisher=YouTube.com |date=November 27, 2013 |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919130727/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn4G1jt5LCY |url-status=live }} and DragonCon.{{cite web |url=http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=guest_details_page/1477 |title=Phil Plait |publisher=DragonCon |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-date=January 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114184716/http://www.dragoncon.org/?q=guest_details_page/1477 |url-status=live }} Plait writes and speaks on topics related to scientific skepticism, such as advocating in favor of widespread immunization.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/08/why-im-pro-vax/ |title=Why I'm pro-vax |publisher=Discover Magazine |last=Plait |first=Phil |date=October 8, 2009 |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-date=January 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115100113/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/10/08/why-im-pro-vax/ |url-status=live }}

Plait used to live in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, Marcella Setter, and daughter. In a 2009 interview, Plait stated that his daughter is interested in astronomy and science, as well as anime and manga.{{cite magazine |url=http://archive.wired.com/geekdad/2013/01/phil-plait-bad-astronomer-and-champion-for-science-2/ |title=Phil Plait: Bad Astronomer and Champion for Science |magazine=Wired |first=Jenny |last=Williams |date=January 14, 2013 |access-date=January 30, 2015}} Between 2011 and 2018, Setter and Plait ran Science Getaways, a vacation company that provides science-based adventures.{{cite magazine | url=https://slate.com/technology/2011/12/science-getaways.html | title=Science Getaways | magazine=Slate | date=December 7, 2011 | last1=Plait | first1=Phil }}{{cite web |url=http://sciencegetaways.com/about-science-getaways/ |title=About Science Getaways |publisher=Science Getaways |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110202758/http://sciencegetaways.com/about-science-getaways/ |url-status=live }} As of January 2024, he lives in rural Virginia outside of Charlottesville.{{cite web | last=Plait | first=Phil | title=About | website=Bad Astronomy Newsletter | date=March 18, 2018 | url=https://badastronomy.substack.com/about | access-date=January 2, 2024}}

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Plait began publishing explanatory Internet postings on science in 1993.{{cite web|last1=Plait|first1=Phil|title=Fifteen years|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2008/03/21/fifteen_years.html|website=Slate|publisher=The Slate Group|date=March 21, 2008|access-date=December 21, 2016|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107032313/http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2008/03/21/fifteen_years.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Point of Inquiry: Phil Plait — The Bad Astronomer|url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/phil_plait_the_bad_astronomer/|website=Point of Inquiry|publisher=Center for Inquiry|access-date=December 15, 2016|format=MP3 Podcast|date=April 12, 2007|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107032754/http://www.pointofinquiry.org/phil_plait_the_bad_astronomer/|url-status=live}}{{rp|3:10}} Five years later, Plait established Badastronomy.com with the goal of clearing up what he perceived to be widespread public misconceptions about astronomy and space science in movies, the news, print, and on the Internet, also providing critical analysis of several pseudoscientific theories related to space and astronomy, such as the "Planet X" cataclysm, Richard Hoagland's theories, and the Moon landing "hoax".{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/11/science/11WIRE-SPACE.html |title=Moon Hoax Spurs Crusade Against Bad Astronomy |work=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |date=January 11, 2001 |access-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130223237/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/11/science/11WIRE-SPACE.html |url-status=live }} It received a considerable amount of traffic after Plait criticized a Fox Network special accusing NASA of faking the Apollo missions.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Profile-Phil-Plait-Astronomer-works-for-2858943.php |title=Astronomer works for heavens' sake / Rohnert Park man corrects misconceptions |work=San Francisco Chronicle |first=Jim |last=Doyle |date=March 29, 2002 |access-date=January 30, 2015 |quote=A lot of folks logged on to www.badastronomy.com a year ago when Plait skewered a Fox-TV documentary that accused NASA of faking its Apollo missions and lunar landings during the 1960s and 1970s. |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203080904/http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Profile-Phil-Plait-Astronomer-works-for-2858943.php |url-status=live }} Astronomer Michelle Thaller has described Badastronomy.com, as well as Plait's book and essays called Bad Astronomy, as "a monumental service to the space-science community".{{cite web |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0128/p25s01-stss.html |title=The Bad Astronomer |work=Christian Science Monitor |first=Michelle |last=Thaller |date=January 28, 2004 |access-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130222930/http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0128/p25s01-stss.html |url-status=live }}

In 2005, Plait started the Bad Astronomy blog. In July 2008, it moved to a new host, Discover Magazine. While it is primarily an astronomy blog, Plait also posts about skepticism, pseudoscience, and antiscience topics, with occasional personal and political posts. On November 12, 2012, the Bad Astronomy blog moved to Slate magazine.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/11/02/big-news-bad-astronomy-is-moving-to-slate-magazine |title=Big news: Bad Astronomy is moving to Slate magazine |work=Bad Astronomy |publisher=Discover Magazine |date=November 2, 2012 |access-date=November 11, 2012 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104234939/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/11/02/big-news-bad-astronomy-is-moving-to-slate-magazine/ |url-status=live }} Plait told Richard Saunders in an interview that "they [Slate] are very supportive... a new community." Revisiting old posts, Plait stated, "I've written about everything, when you've written 7,000 blog posts you've pretty much written about every topic in astronomy."{{cite web |url=http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-214-24-nov-2012 |title=24.Nov.2012 |publisher=The Skeptic Zone |access-date=September 15, 2013 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055411/http://skepticzone.libsyn.com/the-skeptic-zone-214-24-nov-2012 |url-status=live }}

On February 1, 2017, the Bad Astronomy blog moved to SyfyWire,{{cite web|url=http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/syfy-wire-welcomes-phil-plaits-bad-astronomy|title=Syfy Wire Welcomes Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy|publisher=SyfyWire|date=January 31, 2017|last=Swiderski|first=Adam|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902100728/http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/syfy-wire-welcomes-phil-plaits-bad-astronomy|url-status=live}} where it was hosted until October 2022.{{Cite web |date=September 30, 2022 |title=All Good Things… |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/bad-astronomy-phil-plaits-final-article-for-syfy-wire |access-date=November 6, 2022 |website=SYFY Official Site |language=en-US |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106130504/https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/bad-astronomy-phil-plaits-final-article-for-syfy-wire |url-status=live }} His blog was then hosted by Substack, and since early 2024, on beehiiv.com.{{Cite web |date=September 9, 2024 |title=Bad Astronomy Newsletter |url=https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |language=en-US}}

Plait has also contributed significantly to the MadSci Network, a question-and-answer Ask-A-Scientist forum.{{cite web |last1=Plait |first1=Phil |title=Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy: Mad Science |url=http://www.badastronomy.com/mad/index.html |website=www.badastronomy.com}}{{cite web |last1=MadSci Network |title=MSN Hall of Fame - Philip Plait |url=https://www.madsci.org/hofbios/plait_p.html |website=www.madsci.org}}

In September 2011, Plait spoke at a TED conference in Boulder, his hometown. His conference explained how to defend Earth from asteroids.{{cite AV media |first=Phil |last=Plait |title=How to defend Earth from asteroids |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/phil_plait_how_to_defend_earth_from_asteroids |work=TEDxBoulder |date=September 2011 |access-date=November 27, 2019}}

Plait taught Astronomy on the YouTube educational series Crash Course for 47 episodes, from January 15, 2015 to February 12, 2016.

• {{cite book | first=Philip | last=Plait | date=2023 | title=Under Alien Skies | publisher=Norton |isbn=978-0-393-86730-5}}{{cite magazine | title='Under Alien Skies' Will Fuel the Next Generation of Sci-Fi | magazine=WIRED | date=April 21, 2023 | url=https://www.wired.com/2023/04/geeks-guide-under-alien-skies/ | access-date=April 23, 2023}}
• {{cite book |title=2⁷ Nerd Disses: A Significant Quantity of Disrespect |last1=Plait |first1=Philip |last2=Weinersmith |first2=Zach |author-link2=Zach Weiner |date=2013 |asin=B00GI25TSC}}
• {{cite book |first=Philip |last=Plait |date=2008 |title=Death from the Skies!: These are the Ways the World Will End |publisher=Viking Press |isbn=978-0-670-01997-7}}
• {{cite book |first=Philip |last=Plait |date=2002 |title=Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=0-471-40976-6}}

• Plait, Phil, "The Milky Way's Secrets: Our galaxy's night-sky spectacle sparked scientific revolutions", Scientific American, vol. 329, no. 4 (November 2023), pp. 86–87.

• The 2007 Weblog Awards – Bad Astronomy was awarded "Best Science Blog," having tied with Climate Audit.{{cite web |url=http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-science-blog-1.php |title=Best Science Blog – The 2007 Weblog Awards |publisher=Weblog Awards |date=November 1, 2007 |access-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206121825/http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-science-blog-1.php |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |url-status=usurped }}
• In March 2008, Plait had an asteroid named after him by the late astronomer Jeff Medkeff. Asteroid {{mp|2000 WG|11}} was named 165347 Philplait.{{cite web |url=http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/03/25/phil-plait-the-bad-astronomer-and-165347-philplait/ |title=Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, and (165347) Philplait |work=Blue Collar Scientist |first=Jeff |last=Medkeff |author-link=Jeffrey S. Medkeff|date=March 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605155904/http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/03/25/phil-plait-the-bad-astronomer-and-165347-philplait/ |archive-date=June 5, 2008}}{{cite web |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=165347&orb=1 |title=165347 Philplait (2000 WG11) |work=JPL Small-Body Database |date=March 26, 2008}}
• In 2009, Bad Astronomy was named among Time.com's 25 Best Blogs.{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879074,00.html |title=25 Best Blogs 2009: Bad Astronomer |magazine=Time Magazine |first=Tom |last=McNichol |date=February 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826164744/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1879276_1879279_1879074,00.html |archive-date=August 26, 2013 |url-status=live}}
• In 2013, Plait received the National Capital Area Skeptics' Philip J. Klass Award{{cite web |url=http://www.ncas.org/2013/10/shadow-of-doubt-october-2013.html |title=Shadow of a Doubt |publisher=NCAS.org |date=October 7, 2013 |access-date=December 24, 2013 |archive-date=December 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131226005328/http://www.ncas.org/2013/10/shadow-of-doubt-october-2013.html |url-status=live }}
• In 2016, Plait was awarded the David N. Schramm Award for High Energy Astrophysics Science Journalism by the American Astronomical Society{{cite web | url = http://head.aas.org/schramm/pastwinners.html | title = Winners of the David N. Schramm Award | publisher = High Energy Astrophysics Division, American Astronomical Society (HEAD/AAS) | access-date = January 30, 2016 | archive-date = January 19, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160119221844/http://head.aas.org/schramm/pastwinners.html | url-status = live }} for his 2015 article entitled "A Supermassive Black Hole's Fiery and Furious Wind."{{cite web | title = A Supermassive Black Hole's Fiery and Furious Wind | url = http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/02/25/black_hole_wind_how_a_black_hole_shapes_a_galaxy.html | last = Plait | first = Phil | publisher = Slate | date = February 25, 2015 | access-date = January 30, 2016 | archive-date = January 31, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160131061734/http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2015/02/25/black_hole_wind_how_a_black_hole_shapes_a_galaxy.html | url-status = live }}

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• [https://badastronomy.substack.com/ Bad Astronomy Newsletter] on Substack (til early 2024)
• [https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/ Bad Astronomy Newsletter] on Beehiiv (since early 2024)
• [http://www.syfy.com/tags/bad-astronomy Bad Astronomy Blog] on SyfyWire (2017 - 2022)
• [http://www.badastronomy.com/index.html Bad Astronomy Archived Website]
• [https://mastodon.social/@badastro Phil Plait] on Mastodon
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