Exposing PseudoAstronomy

NO The Question But, you wouldn’t know it if you’ve been reading tabloids over the last few days.  Even a site with a name like “New Scientist” is peddling this story, and they actually ...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2020/05/21/did-nasa-discover-proof-of-a-mirror-universe/

Where has the podcast Gone? Qui't is the sound. How can I keep you list'nin'? An interlude episode, you know, the one that happens in the game between going up against the little boss and the big...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/podcast-episode-170-interlude-and-another-podcast-endeavor/

I study impact craters (those circle thingies on other planets, moons, asteroids, comets, etc.). A colleague recently pointed out a manuscript to me that demonstrated a new method to do something...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2018/03/09/even-science-reporters-are-circumventing-scientific-process/

Richard C. Hoagland: Of course he has claims about The solar eclipse. In the final regular episode in the three-part Solar Eclipse of August 2017 series, several of the claims made by Richard Hoa...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/podcast-episode-169-modern-eclipse-lunacy-part-3-richard-hoaglands-claims/

Fine-tuned Universe: Not just for creationists Anymore. Let’s see … Fine-tuning of the universe to allow us to exist has tended to be a focused argument by young-Earth creationists, but it’...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/podcast-episode-168-common-and-false-fine-tuned-universe-beliefs-discussed/

Eclipse lunacy, This time from flat Earth folks, and What they thought of it. Returning to the series I started in September, we have modern eclipse lunacy, part 2, as discussed by flat Earth pro...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/podcast-episode-167-modern-eclipse-lunacy-part-2-flat-earth/

I was contacted in the recent past by a listener inquiring about various claims that I’ve written (here) or spoken (podcast) about, and whether me not talking about certain things or choosing t...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/about-accepting-and-rejecting-claims/

Star evolution, Age of the universe, and Creationism. Young-Earth Creationism strikes again and this time misuses error bars to argue that GodDidIt. The episode covers a science paper that discus...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/podcast-episode-166-stellar-evolution-age-of-the-universe-and-young-earth-creationism/

Microgravity, True or near vacuum pressures, Temperature in space. A long-planned episode that gets back to the roots of ferreting out misconceptions (though three tied together): Little Things i...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/podcast-episode-165-little-things-in-space/

Doomsday yet again! The story of this one, though, Has a surprise end. A much shorter episode this time, announcing what you already know: We survived doomsday, again (yay!). But, the story of th...

https://pseudoastro.wordpress.com/2017/09/24/podcast-episode-164-the-world-didnt-end-on-september-23-2017/