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Deborah Byrd

Good NASA video on Comet PANSTARRS

NASA is calling PANSTARRS a sunset comet. This video will answer all your questions about how to see it.

Deborah Byrd

March 15, 2013

This is 3C273. It changed our thinking about the universe.

March 16, 2013 is the 50th anniversary of the revelation that quasars are both very distant and very luminous - and therefore must be exceedingly powerful.

Deborah Byrd

March 15, 2013

The greening of Earth’s northerly latitudes

Temperature and vegetation growth at northern latitudes now resemble those found 4 degrees to 6 degrees of latitude farther south as recently as 1982.

Deborah Byrd

March 14, 2013

Favorite photos of Comet PANSTARRS

Your photos - the best photos - the most recent photos - of this wonderful comet, now visiting the March 2013 skies as seen throughout the world.

Deborah Byrd

March 13, 2013

Comet PANSTARRS near last night’s moon

Many saw the comet near the moon on the evening of March 12. Did you look for it and not see it? Try these tips for spotting Comet PANSTARRS.

Deborah Byrd

March 13, 2013

For many, Comet PANSTARRS’ northern sky debut tonight

Now it's the Northern Hemisphere's turn to see Comet PANSTARRS. The comet will be near the moon March 12 and 13. Look west immediately after sunset.

Deborah Byrd

March 12, 2013

Party at Stonehenge. Date 2,500 B.C.

Stonehenge may be older and may have had a different function than previously thought, according to new research from British archaeologists.

Deborah Byrd

March 11, 2013

What causes sinkholes?

And where else in the U.S. might be vulnerable to sinkholes?

Deborah Byrd

March 4, 2013

Scientists describe case of child born with HIV, now cured

It's the first documented case of a child born with HIV and later cured with aggressive drug treatment.

Deborah Byrd

March 4, 2013

Hear the whale with a human-like voice

Researchers working near him thought another person was talking and were surprised to find the voice was coming from the whale.

Eleanor Imster

Deborah Byrd

March 2, 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.