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Deborah Byrd

Traveling at warp speed through aurora territory

Fun photo from a great nature photographer, Göran Strand in Sweden.

Deborah Byrd

October 9, 2015

See Wednesday’s rocket launch from U.S. mid-Atlantic

Time will be 7 p.m. EDT this evening. People in a wide swath of U.S. mid-Atlantic states can see it, if skies are clear.

Deborah Byrd

October 6, 2015

NASA shortlists 5 possible new missions

NASA has announced five investigations for further study in its latest competition for new, relatively small-scale, robotic missions into our solar system.

Deborah Byrd

October 4, 2015

Video lets you imagine Earth breathing

NASA video simulating a massive typhoon spinning toward China, with something extra added. Plus a word about the Gaia hypothesis.

Deborah Byrd

October 4, 2015

Planets, east before dawn, October 2, 2015

Don't miss these bright planets in the east before dawn. They'll perform an intricate dance throughout October, 2015.

Deborah Byrd

October 4, 2015

Stars over Mount Rainier

A beautiful place to see the night sky and contemplate nature's power.

Deborah Byrd

October 3, 2015

Einstein ring helps weigh a black hole

Astronomers have "weighed" only the nearest supermassive black holes. Now, with a gravity lens and Einstein ring, they've weighed one 12 billion light-years away.

Deborah Byrd

October 3, 2015

Planets, east before dawn

Brightest planets Venus and Jupiter are up before dawn now. Mars is there, too. Mercury will soon join. During October ... wow! They're going to put on a show.

Deborah Byrd

October 2, 2015

Hurricane Joaquin, 5 a.m., October 1, 2015

Hurricane Joaquin will batter the central Bahamas with hurricane force winds, storm surge and heavy rain through tonight.

Deborah Byrd

October 1, 2015

High ‘supermoon tides’ strike coasts

Sunday's supermoon, combined with an 18.6-year lunar cycle, caused high tides on both sides of the Atlantic this week. There were many flood warnings and alerts in effect in the UK on Tuesday night. In eastern North America, Tropical Storm Joaquin might combine with high tides to cause flooding.

Deborah Byrd

September 29, 2015

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.