However, science isn't just about showing when you're right; it's also about showing when you're wrong. — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
If you took every nuclear weapon ever built at the height of the Cold War, lumped them together and blew them up at the… — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
You can experience the thrill of discovery, the incredible, visceral feeling of doing something no one has ever done before, see things no one… — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
The difference between the dinosaurs and us is that we have a space program and we can vote. — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
Pseudoscience is like a virus. At low levels, it's no big deal, but when it reaches a certain threshold it becomes sickening. — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
Our solar system is fantastically bizarre. There are worlds with features we never imagined. Storms larger than planets, moons with under-surface oceans, lakes of… — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession. — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
Humanity and life are reflected in the stars, and the Universe itself is poetry. — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
The best idea ever thought of in the history of humanity is useless unless someone communicates it. It will die in the test tube.… — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
Astrology ... makes vague predictions that can always be adapted after the fact to fit observations, as we'll see. Astrologers don't seek causes at… — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
