We received several photos of dramatic mammatus clouds this week, including two snapped in northern Texas on the same day the tornado struck near Oklahoma City.
Deborah Byrd
Deborah Byrd is Founder and President of EarthSky, which she created in 1991. EarthSky is a digital publisher that brings science and nature to millions of people around the world. Byrd has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. Besides blogging, Byrd is Editor-in-Chief of all EarthSky websites and social media outlets, and she oversees EarthSky’s science podcast series in English and Spanish. A science communicator and educator for 35 years, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and as a vital tool for the 21st century. Astrophysics, the night sky and imagining space travel remain among her most enduring lifelong passions.
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Blogs | May 23, 2013
The Ring Nebula’s true shape – revealed in this composite image made in visible light and infrared – is vastly more intricate than astronomers knew.
Tonight | May 23, 2013
You can catch a trio of planets – Mercury, Venus and Jupiter – in deepening western twilight during the final week of May 2013.
Blogs | May 22, 2013
The flare produced a beautiful coronal mass ejection, or CME, which was not Earth-directed but could deliver a glancing blow in the next few days.
FAQs | Videos | May 22, 2013
Be prepared to amaze your friends at breakfast when you explain why orange juice and toothpaste together taste so weird.
This Date in Science | May 22, 2013
“[It] provide[s] means for guiding the machine both vertically and horizontally … combining lightness, strength, convenience of construction, and certain other advantages.”
Tonight | May 22, 2013
We passed between Saturn and the sun late last month. Identify this planet tonight!
Blogs | May 21, 2013
Four images from space, from NASA and NOAA satellites, of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado on May 20, 2013.
Blogs | May 21, 2013
Officials have lowered the death toll to 24 confirmed deaths and hundreds of injuries from the massive tornado that struck Moore, Oklahoma yesterday.
Today's Image | May 21, 2013
Links to the the tragic consequences, and how to donate to help the victims, below.
