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Deborah Byrd

Rare photo of aurora australis – southern lights – and bioluminescence

Astrophotographer Colin Legg - who calls himself "a geologist by day and photographer by night" - captured this scene shortly after the CME struck.

Deborah Byrd

January 24, 2013

Best photos of night-shining clouds seen from ISS

Enjoy this gallery of images of night-shining clouds, taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Deborah Byrd

January 23, 2013

Deep Space Industries joins the asteroid gold rush

Deep Space is the second company in less than a year to say it will join the rush to the rich fields of water and precious metals in near-Earth asteroids.

Deborah Byrd

January 22, 2013

Awesome photos of January 21 Jupiter-moon conjunction, and more

The best moon and Jupiter photos from late last year, plus the wonderful sight of these two brilliant worlds on January 21, 2013. Wow!

Deborah Byrd

January 22, 2013

World’s only recorded dinosaur stampede … maybe not

New research published in January 2013 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology suggests the dinosaurs were swimming, not stampeding.

Deborah Byrd

January 20, 2013

Earth is undergoing true polar wander, scientists say

Scientists developed a computer model to identify four possible instances of true polar wander in the past. And, they say, true polar wander is happening now.

Deborah Byrd

January 20, 2013

How Titan’s weather has changed its surface

Members of Cassini spacecraft radar team have made the first quantitative estimate of how much the weather on Titan has modified its surface.

Deborah Byrd

January 19, 2013

Video: The deer that thinks it’s a sheep

You will love this video. The deer attached himself to the sheep in early December 2012. He shows no sign of leaving.

Deborah Byrd

January 18, 2013

Video: Re-creating the hairstyle of the ancient Roman Vestal Virgins

Hair dresser and amateur archeologist Janet Stephens spent seven years researching the hairstyle of the Roman Vestal Virgins, to learn how to re-create it.

Deborah Byrd

January 17, 2013

Large sunspot region now facing Earth, might produce X-flare today

NOAA forecasters are also estimating a 30% to 45% chance of polar geomagnetic storms on January 17, 2013 when a CME is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field.

Deborah Byrd

January 17, 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.