The Only Moons of Saturn

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We didn't know about most of this stuff until the Cassini spacecraft orbited Saturn. And we know a little bit, you know, Titan is this enormous moon of Saturn. It would be a planet in its own right if it weren't orbiting Saturn. The only moon of a planet that has a relatively thick atmosphere and its orange. You could spend a life studying a single thing about Saturn and its moons and its rings.

Astronomer Phil Plait joins us to discuss his new book, Under Alien Skies, in which he describes what it would be like (through human eyes and real physical experiences) to actually travel to Saturn, Mars, asteroids, and distant stars. Also, we discuss the recent surge in UFO sighting as well as his famous talk at The Amazing Meeting more than a decade ago in which he asked all science communicators and critical thinkers to approach those who believe in pseudoscience with empathy and respect instead of scorn and vitriol. And, we run through the history of James Randi's popularization of the big-S Skeptic movement.

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