347 - Under Alien Skies - Phil Plait

You Are Not So Smart by You Are Not So Smart

Aug 31, 202601:10:07Science & Medicine

Astronomer Phil Plait joins us to discuss his book, Under Alien Skies, in which he describes what it would actually be like to travel to Saturn, Mars, asteroids, and distant stars.

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