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Deborah Byrd

Galaxies hidden by Milky Way revealed

For the first time, astronomers peered through stars and dust in the Milky Way galaxy to find ... more galaxies. The work helps explain a mystery Great Attractor.

Deborah Byrd

Eleanor Imster

February 11, 2016

Volcanos, lakebeds and possible Mars life

Scientists are traveling to Tibet this summer to explore places that might be possible earthly analogs to regions on Mars once suitable for life.

Deborah Byrd

February 10, 2016

Orion and the Chinese New Year

"When the three stars of Orion shine highly at the southern sky after sunset, that means it’s time for the spring festival."

Deborah Byrd

February 10, 2016

Frost, fog and sunrise

Worth the cold trek, said Sharon Killips Alexander in Connecticut.

Deborah Byrd

February 9, 2016

Old moon over Kitt Peak

Founded in 1958 - on a mountaintop in Arizona - this observatory operates its own 3 telescopes and hosts 24 others.

Deborah Byrd

February 8, 2016

James Webb Space Telescope takes a giant step

It'll have 7 times the collecting area of Hubble, and it's scheduled for launch in 2018. James Webb Space Telescope ... and more on this episode of EarthSky News.

Deborah Byrd

February 8, 2016

Pluto has mysterious, floating hills

The hills are thought to be fragments of Pluto's rugged uplands that have broken away and are being carried along the flow paths of glaciers.

Deborah Byrd

February 8, 2016

U.S. Southwest is drying

Researchers identified 12 weather patterns across the region. Over the past 30 years, the 3 patterns bringing rain to the U.S. Southwest became less frequent.

Deborah Byrd

Eleanor Imster

February 7, 2016

Red Rectangle’s unearthly beauty

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the mysterious Red Rectangle Nebula.

Deborah Byrd

February 7, 2016

Fossilized lacewing butterfly

A record etched in rock from 120 million years ago shows the fragile beauty of an ancient butterfly-like insect.

Deborah Byrd

February 6, 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.