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Deborah Byrd

Incredible video shows April 30 landslide in Baltimore devouring cars

This video shows happened in Baltimore's busy Charles Village neighborhood Wednesday, when a retaining wall buckled and sent cars and mud tumbling onto railroad tracks below.

Deborah Byrd

May 2, 2014

Kansas tornado

Just one of the many tornados in a severe weather outbreak that struck the U.S. Central Plains and Southeast over the past few days.

Deborah Byrd

April 30, 2014

Photos and videos of U.S. tornadoes April 27-29, 2014

Photos and videos from the devastating storms killed at least a dozen people, and possibly many times that number, in the U.S. Central Plains and Southeast in recent days.

Deborah Byrd

April 30, 2014

Today’s solar eclipse in Australia

Beautiful partial solar eclipse in Australia today (April 29, 2014). Thanks to all who posted at EarthSky Facebook!

Deborah Byrd

April 29, 2014

Great Cluster in Hercules, aka M13

On a dark, clear night, the eye barely perceives the Hercules cluster as a faint, fuzzy point of light. A telescope shows it an ancient, symmetrical star city.

Deborah Byrd

April 27, 2014

How sea level influenced evolution in the Galapagos

The Galapagos Islands, whose separateness was so pivotal to Charles Darwin's contributions to the theory of evolution, are not separate at all when sea level is low.

Deborah Byrd

April 26, 2014

The tiny creek connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

There's a point called Two Ocean Pass on the Continental Divide. It separates the headwaters of Pacific Creek (which flows west to the Pacific) and Atlantic Creek, (which flows east to the Atlantic Ocean).

Deborah Byrd

April 25, 2014

Mountaineers leave Everest, as Sherpas say they won’t climb

Mountaineers began leaving Mt. Everest yesterday, as Sherpas refuse to climb again this year, out of respect for 16 who died in last week's deadly avalanche.

Deborah Byrd

April 25, 2014

Moon and Venus on mornings of April 25 and 26

The moon and Venus are the second- and third-brightest objects in Earth's sky, after the sun. You'll see them together now in the east before dawn.

Deborah Byrd

April 25, 2014

6.6-magnitude earthquake off Vancouver Island on April 23

The quake hit at 8:10 p.m. local time. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. No tsunami warning was issued.

Deborah Byrd

April 24, 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.