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Deborah Byrd

Black holes don’t erase information

Since 1975, when Hawking showed that black holes evaporate from our universe, physicists have tried to explain what happens to a black hole's information.

Deborah Byrd

April 6, 2015

Solar eclipses caused by Earth

Don't miss these images of eclipses of the sun caused by Earth, taken by various spacecraft on the moon, orbiting the moon, or returning from the moon.

Deborah Byrd

April 6, 2015

See it! April 4, 2015 total eclipse of the moon

Thanks to all who posted at EarthSky Facebook and G+, and to all who submitted directly to EarthSky.org!

Deborah Byrd

April 4, 2015

Airglow, bioluminescence, Milky Way rising

This photo has it all! It's a beautiful capture from Amit Kamble in New Zealand. Read his description below.

Deborah Byrd

April 2, 2015

Hubble spies enigmatic quasar ghosts

Astronomers use the Hubble Space Telescope to examine 8 ethereal wisps orbiting distant galaxies, illuminated by blasts of radiation from quasars.

Deborah Byrd

April 2, 2015

Astronomers witness a massive star’s birth

Two images of a very massive star, made 18 years apart, have given astronomers a real-glimpse of how massive stars develop early in their evolution.

Deborah Byrd

April 2, 2015

Eclipsed moon and sun together this Saturday?

Who will see a selenelion - the eclipsed moon and sun in the sky simultaneously - for the April 4, 2015 total eclipse of the moon? Charts and info here.

Deborah Byrd

April 1, 2015

Like coastlines? You’ll like this video

Should you spend a glorious summer day - or a cold, windy winter day - collecting beach-cast seabird carcasses in the name of citizen science? Maybe. Watch a video.

Deborah Byrd

March 31, 2015

Public invited to NASA flying saucer broadcast today

NASA's rocket-powered, saucer-shaped test vehicle soon will fly into near-space. Join an hour-long live, interactive video broadcast on March 31.

Deborah Byrd

March 31, 2015

Passing comets painted Mercury black

Scientists say comet dust is the invisible paint causing the surface of the innermost planet Mercury to be only barely reflective.

Deborah Byrd

March 30, 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.