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Deborah Byrd

Dying star blows off ghostly green bubble in space

Toward the end of its life, our own sun will go through a phase very much like the one pictured here.

Deborah Byrd

April 10, 2013

Fusion rocket researchers envision 30-day trip to Mars

Will rockets powered by fusion eventually make interplanetary travel commonplace?

Deborah Byrd

April 9, 2013

NASA plans to catch asteroid and place in orbit around moon

Why? In part because there's a growing realization that Earth is vulnerable to an asteroid strike.

Deborah Byrd

April 8, 2013

NASA announces next-generation exoplanet hunter

Kepler has been amazing, but its field of view is small. TESS will be able to survey the entire sky, seeking planets orbiting other stars.

Deborah Byrd

April 7, 2013

View from space: A cloudy, dusty day in Kuwait

On April 5, 2013, a thick veil of dust spanned hundreds of kilometers, with clouds hovering over the dust, especially over Kuwait.

Deborah Byrd

April 5, 2013

Is this green rock from Mercury?

A meteorite designated Northwest Africa 7325 has a highly unusual chemistry similar to that measured by NASA's Mercury Messenger probe.

Deborah Byrd

April 5, 2013

View from space: North Korea and South Korea

As political tensions continue to mount between North and South Korea, a view of these two nations from space.

Deborah Byrd

April 5, 2013

Last night’s galaxy and comet rendezvous

Here is the beautiful Comet PANSTARRS as it appeared near the Andromeda Galaxy on April 4, 2013.

Deborah Byrd

April 5, 2013

Curiosity rover’s parachute flapping in the wind on Mars

NASA has released seven images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing Curiosity's parachute shifting its shape in response to the wind on Mars.

Deborah Byrd

April 4, 2013

100 billion planets, say astronomers

Planets planets everywhere, and 100 billion of them Earth-like? A team of astronomers in New Zealand says it has just the technique to detect them.

Deborah Byrd

April 3, 2013

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.