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Am i the only one pleasantly surprised to find out that syfy.com publish serious articles and not only little green men speculation?
by robarr 7y ago
Am i the only one pleasantly surprised to find out that syfy.com publish serious articles and not only little green men speculation?
- sohkamyung 7y agoIn this case, the author is Phil 'BadAstronomer' Plait, an astronomer and skeptic. If you have the time to check his previous posts on the Hubble Space Telescope at Syfy, you'll discover that he once worked on it and is proud of it. For example, in this post [1], he talks about STIS, a camera on Hubble and the software he wrote to simulate using it to find stars accurately. He definitely knows his astronomy stuff. [1] https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-juice-y-look-at-jupiter-from-earth https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-juice-y-look-at-jupiter-from...
- jorge-d 7y agoIt's also worth mentioning that he did the Crash Course on Astronomy [1] and it's actually brillant. I highly recommend as I learned a lot watching this podcast. [1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5yGIyiSFuh0mIL https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtPAJr1ysd5y...
- TCR19 7y ago+1
- perl4ever 7y agoThe beginning is annoying: "Meteorites are bits of asteroids that fall to Earth" Then it says "while true, that's not the whole story, There are many kinds of asteroids...", but near the end, acknowledges in passing that the initial statement was false, and meteorites come from various types of objects. I interpret this as a clickbait/engagement technique, that may seem harmless to some, but it really irritates me.