Big news: Bad Astronomy is moving to Slate magazine

I have a rather big announcement to make: the Bad Astronomy Blog is moving to Slate magazine on November 12!

I've been writing at Discover Magazine for over four years, and it's been a great ride. From the moment the phone first rang early in 2008 - then-CEO Henry Donahue calling me asking if I'd be interested in joining their nascent blog collective - to this very day, I've had so much fun working for this grand science magazine. I've posted something like 4600 blog articles since then - can I get a Holy Haleakala from the choir? - which is a whole lot of science, astronomy, Doctor Who, and antiscience smashery. I'm proud of my work here, and grateful for the support I've received from Discover.

But, as Q said to Picard, all good things must come to an end. Slate is already a major voice in politics, economics, and social issues, and they cover science as well. Since I do tend to speak my mind on every topic in which I'm interested - and that includes politics, religion, what-have-you - it's a natural fit.

This is bittersweet, to be sure, as any big change can be. I'm excited about this new chapter in my blogging life as well as sad about leaving Discover. I've made many friends here, and I have great hopes for their future. All the Discover blogs are and will remain in my feed reader, and I will always check them every day.

Science covers the whole Universe - that's rather the point - so there's room for lots of science coverage. You could do a lot worse than read 80 Beats, Cosmic Variance, The Crux, Discoblog, Gene Expression, The Loom, and Not Exactly Rocket Science.

But I also hope y'all will follow me to Slate as well. I'll have more info on the move (like the URL, RSS feed address, and all that) closer to when the time comes.

And seriously - thanks to all of you who have been reading my writing, whether you're a new BABloggee or one who's been hanging around since I first started writing it on my Bad Astronomy site back in 2005. I appreciate all the comments, emails, tweets, and general feedback I've gotten, and I'm sincerely happy to be able to bring you a slice of the cosmos, no matter where my words sit.