Are We Alone, death-by-Betelgeuse edition

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Feb 5, 2011 6:00 PMNov 20, 2019 3:33 AM

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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.


Related posts: - Betelgeuse and 2012 - Betelgeuse followup - Skeptic Check: Power bands - Skeptic Check: Oil's Pill

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