Ok, so I got my birthday present, gave mine, finished exam session, started contributing to Wikipedia (I already have 6 articles under my belt), so it's time to write something here as well.

Don't think I'm getting paid to promote them, but I want to add third and last entry about Bad Astronomy / Universe Today, and this time it's their forum that I want to talk about in several sentences.

What makes it different from other forums? First of all, moderators are very friendly and seem to know their job. Secondly, folks there are happy to answer all your questions, even the most stupid ones. Thirdly, there is a vast amount of topics to talk about, not necessarily connected with astronomy. And, last but not least, people there are really interested in astronomy, and what would be a better way to learn all you can than from people who love the subject?

Participation in BAUT forum is free of charge. Being nice recommended.

Today I would like to introduce a partner site of previously mentioned "Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy", a great collection of news, retrospectives, astronomy facts - plainly everything that is interesting in the field of astronomy.

The size of this site is overwhelming, the articles are multiple and extensive, filled with interesting facts and actually very easy to read even if you don't have a degree in astrophysics or astronomy. All topics are covered, starting with the Moon, the Sun, the Solar System, our own Galaxy and even beyond. I started to read there just a couple of days ago, however I'm quite sure, that I will have a plenty of great time reading through them, especially when it is updated so often (several articles a day). Many wonders of the Universe await you there, so I recommend to go there right away.

The name of the site is Universe Today - quite a fitting name for such a great, up-to-date, fun and extensive place in the internet. And if you are an amateur astronomer or plainly have a mania of looking at the night sky for all those stars, nebulae, galaxies and other superb features (like me), there's a treat for you - a free downloadable PDF guide to the sky, called "What's up 2006". Plenty of facts about the development of astronomy, most noticable figures in its history, a load of objects to look at in the night with detailed descriptions - it is really a mistake not to spend several minutes downloading this incredible PDF.

You will need Adobe Reader to access the contents of "What's up 2006" PDF. The Rocket Logo is an intelectual property of "Universe Today".

First and foremost thing I'd like to recommend to the people outhere, who would like to know more about the skies above, would be... another blog. I know it kinda sucks when you expect to find something here and instead you are given a redirection, but, believe me, the site I'm talking about is worth it.

First time I stumbled upon it was when me and some other people had discussion about whether Moon landings were faked or not. I hope you are not the one who believes NASA lied, right? Anyway, there are many people in the world that find some most stupidest arguments against the fact people indeed landed on our sattelite. Enraged because I couldn't prove my truth (believe me, they know, how to drown you in details, evading the debunking of the core of their ideas), I didn't know what to do, until one nice dude gave us all this great link.

This site is not only about Moon hoax, it covers many more topics, mostly concentrating on how modern society misunderstands astronomy, how some people use this false knowledge to spread stupidity among us (making some nice profit in process)... But that's not all - great scientific achievements, astronomy news and stuff like that is also there, so it makes for a great portal, from which you can find many other sites of interest.

The name of the site is Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy. It was created a long time ago and most of the sections are (sadly) dead, however, Bad Astronomy Blog is buzzing with life and new stuff appears there at least twice a day, so it's worth to check it once in a while, and you might find some interesting things there.

"Bad astronomy" logo is an intelectual property of Phil Plait.