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Deborah Byrd

Planet X still doesn’t exist

Astronomers have searched for a Planet X for over a century. Now NASA's WISE mission suggests Planet X will never be found.

Deborah Byrd

March 7, 2014

The chain fountain video is amazing

It's looks like a magic trick, but it's really a problem in the physics of everyday things.

Deborah Byrd

March 6, 2014

Hubble Telescope sees asteroid mysteriously break in pieces

Asteroid P/2013 R3 has been caught in the act of breaking into pieces. This is the first time astronomers have seen an asteroid break up.

Deborah Byrd

March 6, 2014

Another asteroid flies through Earth-moon system on Thursday

For the second time in two days, an asteroid is sweeping safely through the Earth-moon system. How to watch online.

Deborah Byrd

March 6, 2014

Where in the U.S. you’re most likely to be struck by lightning

One moment you're strolling across the golf course. The next moment your body is wracked with the searing pain of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Deborah Byrd

March 6, 2014

Lightning, seen from space

NASA routinely studies lightning space to aid in weather forecasting. A new instrument is being planning for a 2016 launch.

Deborah Byrd

March 6, 2014

Watch online as asteroid sweeps within moon’s distance today

Watch online as asteroid 2014 DX110 sweep closer than the moon on Wednesday, March 5.

Deborah Byrd

March 5, 2014

A dramatic vista on Mars

The Mars Curiosity rover is making its way toward the base of Mount Sharp, which is the central peak in the martian Gale Crater.

Deborah Byrd

March 3, 2014

Major winter storm poised to wallop U.S. Mid-Atlantic

Large amounts of snow to cities including Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. area on March 2 and 3, according to NOAA's National Weather Service.

Deborah Byrd

March 2, 2014

Reading the rainbow

Astrophysics - understanding the physical nature of stars - was born when astronomers learned to analyze the different wavelengths of white light.

Deborah Byrd

March 2, 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.