"This is not a crazy idea," says blogger Phil Plait.

博客主人费尔·普莱特说：“这不是一个疯狂的想法。”

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Phil Plait is the author of "Death From the Skies!", as well as the host of the Discovery Channel show "Phil Plait's Bad Universe".

菲尔·普莱特是《来自天空的死亡！ 》的作者，也是探索频道节目《菲尔·普赖特的不良宇宙》的主持人。

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Phil Plait is the author of Death from the Skies!

菲尔·普莱特是《来自天空的死亡！

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You can see a video of part of that successful launch falling to Earth below, courtesy of Phil Plait.

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One other interesting thing about this finding, as Phil Plait notes, is that a portion of the research was crowdfunded.

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Another possibility, notes astronomer Phil Plait, is a supernova.

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