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Deborah Byrd

Webcam surveys high clouds on Mars

A webcam on ESA’s Mars Express has acquired an unprecedented catalog of more than 21,000 images, providing a global survey of unusual, high-altitude, martian clouds.

Deborah Byrd

October 26, 2017

Airglow over Little Grand Canyon, Utah

The light of excited atoms and molecules, high over Utah's own smaller version of the Grand Canyon.

Deborah Byrd

October 26, 2017

International Observe the Moon Night is this week

International Observe the Moon Night is a global, public event coming up on October 16, 2021. Here's how you can participate online or in person.

Deborah Byrd

October 25, 2017

Fornax Galaxy Cluster reveals its secrets

This new 2.3-gigapixel image of the Fornax Galaxy Cluster - one of the largest images ever released by European Southern Observatory - might make you feel small.

Deborah Byrd

October 25, 2017

Artificial intelligence finds 56 new gravitational lens candidates

Using the same technology Tesla is using to teach cars to drive themselves, European astronomers are using artificial intelligence to seek out and find many new gravitational lenses.

Deborah Byrd

October 24, 2017

How cold and wet this winter in the US?

La Niña (or not) is the biggest wildcard in how this year’s winter might shape up. Overall, NOAA's outlook suggests a relatively cool, wet U.S. North - and warm, dry U.S. South - this winter.

Deborah Byrd

October 23, 2017

From Arizona, 2 Taurid fireball photos

First 2 Taurid fireball photos we've seen this year, but we're expecting more. These 2 photographers, 100 miles apart, likely saw the same bright meteor.

Deborah Byrd

October 23, 2017

Astronomers confirm Earth has an asteroid buddy

It's the best and most stable example to date of a near-Earth companion, or "quasi-satellite." It's a small asteroid called 2016 HO3. It travels along with Earth in orbit around the sun.

Deborah Byrd

October 22, 2017

See it! Orionid meteors this weekend

This weekend's Orionid meteor shower didn't disappoint. EarthSky community photos, here.

Deborah Byrd

October 22, 2017

Young moon, refracted by atmosphere

Wonderful timelapse from Mike Cohea showing the October 20 young moon - only 1.3% illuminated - setting over Newport, Rhode Island, being refracted by Earth's atmosphere.

Deborah Byrd

October 22, 2017

Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd (asteroid 3505 Byrd) helps edit EarthSky.org and is a frequent host of EarthSky videos. Deborah created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named in her honor in 1990, a Public Service Award from the National Science Board in 2003, and the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society in 2020. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.