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Deborah Byrd

Artificial space clouds over U.S. East

NASA launched a sounding rocket on June 29, 2017 that formed colorful clouds in space, visible from New York to North Carolina.

Deborah Byrd

July 2, 2017

Antares: More than meets the eye

The bright red star Antares is located in the direction toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. It's a rich region of the sky for telescopic observers.

Deborah Byrd

July 1, 2017

After sunup, look for the daytime moon

In the days after every full moon, look in a blue sky after sunrise for a daytime moon.

Deborah Byrd

June 30, 2017

Why do quasars twinkle?

Is it just a coincidence that some twinkling quasars are close on the sky's dome to hot, bright stars? New research suggests a connection and an explanation for a 30-year-old mystery.

Deborah Byrd

June 29, 2017

Expect colorful clouds from rocket launch

NASA sounding rocket to form blue-green and red clouds in space Thursday morning. Launch window opens 4:25 a.m. EDT (8:25 UTC). Backup launch day is June 30.

Deborah Byrd

June 27, 2017

Saturday night’s extremely young moon

Photo and animation of an extremely young moon - only 18 hours past the new phase - setting over a hill last night, as seen from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Deborah Byrd

June 25, 2017

Sunset

No matter where you are on Earth, your northernmost sunsets of the year are happening around now.

Deborah Byrd

June 20, 2017

Elon Musk’s Mars manifesto

What if the cost of going to Mars as a colonist were less than US $200,000, or about the median cost of a house in the U.S.? Would you go? Elon Musk thinks many would.

Deborah Byrd

June 18, 2017

A ribbon of ammonia in Orion

Radio telescopes have detected a 50-light-year filament of star-forming gas, zigzagging its way through the northern portion of the Orion Molecular Cloud.

Deborah Byrd

June 18, 2017

Saturn over New York City

Think you can't see stars or planets from the city? Check out these 2 photos of Saturn over New York.

Deborah Byrd

June 17, 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.