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Deborah Byrd

Volcano shadow in Hawaii

Mountains cast shadows, of course, but it's not often we get this perspective on one. Thank you, Stephen Green of Imaginscape Photography!

Deborah Byrd

January 2, 2015

Planetary alignment January 4 will make us weigh less? Of course not

The idea we will all weigh less and even experience a floating sensation due to a planetary alignment on January 4, 2015 (#zeroday) is entirely false. Sigh.

Deborah Byrd

Bruce McClure

January 2, 2015

Cool animation shows Venus in evening sky in 2015

Watch 238 days of the sky's brightest planet, Venus, now back in your evening sky. You can also see Mercury, Mars and Jupiter enter the scene at various points.

Deborah Byrd

December 31, 2014

New Year’s Comet Lovejoy

Wow! Comet Lovejoy is really living up to its name! A wonderful December 29 photo from Justin Ng of Singapore and a link below to how you can see the comet.

Deborah Byrd

December 31, 2014

Read the message your dog sends with his tail

Tail-wagging is a reflection of what's happening in your dog's brain. Learn to read your dog's tail signals, and you'll know if he's happy ... or stressed.

Deborah Byrd

December 29, 2014

Analemma 2014, from Hong Kong

If you could record the position of the sun in the sky at the same time every day for a year, you'd record this figure-8 path, called an analemma.

Deborah Byrd

December 28, 2014

Large Magellanic Cloud

Large Magellanic Cloud as captured by astrophotographer Justin Ng of Singapore. This hazy cloud in Earth's sky is a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way.

Deborah Byrd

December 26, 2014

ISS astronauts send Christmas greetings to the world

Expedition 42 Commander Barry Wilmore and Flight Engineer Terry Virts send greetings and talk a little about their own Christmas Day in space.

Deborah Byrd

December 25, 2014

Celestial snow angel

A massive, young star lies is central to this "snow angel" nebula. Twin lobes of super-hot gas, glow blue in this image, forming the angel's wings.

Deborah Byrd

December 24, 2014

Wonderful evening sky! Best moon and Venus photos

Showing once again that we all live under one sky ... the moon and Venus on December 22, 2014.

Deborah Byrd

December 22, 2014

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.