Conan, what is best in astronomy?

Bad Astronomy
By Phil Plait
Oct 12, 2010 9:53 PMNov 19, 2019 11:57 PM

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While I'm more of a Craig Ferguson man myself, Conan O'Brien has his moments. Like, for example, here: Of course, if you want a talk-show host to do your astronomy homework, I'm thinking continuous, absorption, and emission spectra are the least of your worries.

Tip o' the spectrograph to Krelnik, who crushes his enemies, sees them driven before him, and hears the lamentation of their women.

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