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Deborah Byrd

Mars and Milky Way over Big Sur

Big Sur along the central California coast has many state parks for hiking and camping. This state park features a waterfall that drops into the Pacific.

Deborah Byrd

July 6, 2016

16-year-old spots rare bird in Brazil

It was Grandpa Pinpin’s dream to see his favorite bird, Spix’s Macaw, before his death at 94. He didn't accomplish it, but his 16-year-old granddaughter did.

Deborah Byrd

July 5, 2016

Swirling jet reveals black hole clues

A jet of swirling, cool, dense gas in the center of a galaxy - 70 million light-years from Earth - gives new clues to how supermassive black holes grow.

Deborah Byrd

July 5, 2016

Success! Juno is orbiting Jupiter

After a 5-year voyage, Juno performed a successful braking maneuver on July 4. First spacecraft to enter Jupiter orbit since Galileo in the 1990s.

Deborah Byrd

Eleanor Imster

July 5, 2016

Yesterday’s sun at aphelion

We reached our farthest point from the sun for 2016 yesterday at 16:24 UTC. That's 11:24 a.m. in the central U.S, 1:24 p.m. Central European Summer Time.

Deborah Byrd

July 5, 2016

How to see Jupiter tonight

As the Juno spacecraft goes into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, amaze your friends by showing them Jupiter in the night sky.

Deborah Byrd

July 4, 2016

Earth-sized aurora on Jupiter

NASA released this image as the Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter.

Deborah Byrd

July 3, 2016

Boom! Juno within Jupiter’s magnetosphere

In late June, as Juno crossed into Jupiter's magnetic field, an instrument aboard the craft recorded the bow shock. Hear it here.

Eleanor Imster

Deborah Byrd

July 3, 2016

What makes some galaxies green?

State-of-the-art computer simulations let scientists figure out why some galaxies are green. They said a green color for a galaxy might reveal a troubled past.

Deborah Byrd

July 3, 2016

Summer sunrise in Sea Bright, New Jersey

A peaceful place to be on a summer morning.

Deborah Byrd

July 3, 2016

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.