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Are We Alone, death-by-Betelgeuse edition

Join the latest 'Skeptic Check' segment as the SETI radio show dismantles myths about Betelgeuse and the 2012 doomsday predictions.

Written byPhil Plait
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The newest edition of the SETI radio show "Are We Alone" is up, and in the segment called Skeptic Check astronomer Seth Shostak and I poke fun at the latest silliness about Betelgeuse and the Mayan doomsday. The rest of the show is, as usual, really good and fun to listen to (all about ESP -- but you knew that already), so head over there and give it a download. But do it before December 21, 2012. Or wait until afterwards. It'll still be around, as will the Earth.


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