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Deborah Byrd

Orion returns

Orion has been called "the ghost of the shimmering summer dawn." The Hunter rises on his side, with his three Belt stars pointing straight up.

Deborah Byrd

July 27, 2014

Nature’s roadblock to accurate seasonal hurricane forecasts

Nature itself puts up a roadblock to hurricane prediction - minor variations in the atmosphere - too small for seasonal forecast models to capture.

Deborah Byrd

July 25, 2014

Beauty! Best photos of July 24 moon and Venus

The sky's two brightest nighttime objects, in the east before dawn this morning.

Deborah Byrd

July 25, 2014

Best photos 2013 Perseid meteor shower

Many images of the 2013 Perseid meteor shower, posted as meteor season 2014 begins!

Deborah Byrd

July 25, 2014

Fox takes a nap on Ottawa city bus

Aww! An employee found this fox snoozing inside an Ottawa city bus on Sunday morning, July 20.

Deborah Byrd

July 23, 2014

Camelopardalids: Just a few centuries late in catching a good show

Remember the Camelopardalids, the meteor shower earlier this year astronomers said would be spectacular ... except it wasn't? Now, the same astronomers explain why.

Deborah Byrd

July 22, 2014

Rising Milky Way, laser light show, Singapore, July 21

Singapore is big on laser light shows. Has them every night! Justin Ng offers the "impossible:" Milky Way rising behind the laser lights and city lights.

Deborah Byrd

July 22, 2014

lnside the mysterious Yamal crater

Scientists are back from a first exploration of the strange crater on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Siberia. Curiouser and curiouser.

Deborah Byrd

July 22, 2014

Does Earth have a second moon?

Mars has two moons, Jupiter has 67, Saturn 62, Uranus 27, Neptune 14. But our planet Earth has just one moon. Doesn't it?

Deborah Byrd

July 22, 2014

Transiting exoplanet with longest year yet

Most distant planets known so far orbit close to their stars and thus have a short "year." Kepler-421b has a year about twice as long as Earth's.

Deborah Byrd

July 21, 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.