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Super Moon
Steve’s comments:
Today’s comic features Phil Plait, author of the Bad Astronomy blog and a number of awesome astronomy-related books, including Bad Astronomy and Death From the Skies! This comic is a fictionalization of the kind of baloney he has to put up with every time there is an astronomy-related event in the news, such as a… SUPER MOON!
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about 10 months ago
Reminds me of the 1999 solar eclipse discussions on TV. Fun times, fun times.
about 10 months ago
This truly made me lol! I can understand being asked things like that. Being the “smart kid” I was once asked if you could get tanned from fire, etc.. It’s quite annoying, and being an internet celebrity he must get hundreds of comments like that…
about 10 months ago
PHIL PLAIT FTW!
about 10 months ago
You forgot to put where you are supposed to shove those tinfoil hats to get rid of the MOONROIDS!!
about 10 months ago
I was somehow reminded of Hitchhikers Guide where Ford Prefect talks to the people in the pub about how laying on the ground with paper bags over their heads won’t help but “If you like, yes.”
about 10 months ago
Phil Plait recommended this site. Looks like fun.
about 10 months ago
Coming over from Phil’s site and I loved this comic so much I ended up reading the whole archive WHILE actually working (work internet is slow to load comics, what can I say?). Definitely love it and can’t wait to read more!
about 10 months ago
Well I wore a tinfoil hat and I did not get hemorrhoids. how do you explain that smartypants.
about 10 months ago
You don’t lay on the ground, you lie on the ground. If you claim to be an English language speaker/writer (even an American one), at least do it properly.
about 10 months ago
Ooh, having Phil repeat a NASA math error: At apogee, the moon is 14% farther than at perigee. That does NOT mean that the moon at perigee is 14% closer than it is at apogee (it’s more like 12%)! It’s because in the first case, we’re comparing to the (smaller) perigee distance, and in the second we’re comparing to the (larger) apogee distance.