Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator. His Bad Astronomy Blog has been hosted on Discover Magazine, Slate, and SYFY.com, and is now a newsletter with over 21,000 readers.

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Dr. Phil Plait is an astronomer, author, and science communicator. His Bad Astronomy Blog has been hosted on Discover Magazine, Slate, and SYFY.com, and is now a newsletter with over 21,000 readers.

Subscribe today. Last year was a dream for astronomy enthusiasts like me, with brilliant low-latitude auroras, a total solar eclipse, and a bright comet that was easily visible to the naked eye.