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Deborah Byrd

Photos from friends: The oldest moon October 14, 2012

Yay, several of you did take our challenge and spot the October 14, 2012 very old moon! Thank you, Peter Rodney Breaux, Lakshmi Ravishankar and Julie Gartman!

Deborah Byrd

October 14, 2012

Animation welcomes you to the Anthropocene

This powerful short film takes you through 250 years of human history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution in England to the first Earth Summit in 1992.

Deborah Byrd

October 14, 2012

Will you see your oldest moon yet before sunrise October 14?

You will have to be outdoors very early in the morning - within an hour of sunup. You'll need a clear sky in the east, with no trees or tall buildings in the way.

Deborah Byrd

October 13, 2012

Aurora alert for night of October 13, 2012

Geomagnetic storm that spawned auroras in early morning hours today is still underway. Auroras or northern lights likely for those at northerly latitudes tonight!

Deborah Byrd

October 13, 2012

Gallery of planetary nebulas from Chandra and Hubble

Our sun will become a planetary nebula, billions of years from now. So, in a way, looking at these images is like looking at our own sun's future.

Deborah Byrd

October 10, 2012

View from space: Aurora stretching across Quebec and Ontario on October 8

Orbiting satellite acquired view of an aurora, seen from above, on October 8, 2012. These northern lights resulted from a storm on the sun several days earlier.

Deborah Byrd

October 10, 2012

Tibetan Buddhist statue carved from iron meteorite

Scientists at University of Stuttgart found that a Buddhist statue known as Iron Man has geochemistry matching the 15,000-year-old Chinga meteorite.

Deborah Byrd

October 9, 2012

Photos from friends: Beautiful auroras on October 8-9, 2012

CME that left sun on October 4, 2012 interacted with Earth's magnetic field, causing beautiful displays of the aurora, or northern lights, on night of October 8-9.

Deborah Byrd

October 9, 2012

New Symphony of Science video on climate change

If you don’t think global warming is real, or dislike autotune, this isn't for you. As for me ... I love it. We can change the world!

Deborah Byrd

October 6, 2012

Satellite detects new black hole in our galaxy

The video in this post shows how NASA's Swift satellite made the discovery of a new black hole in our Milky Way, one of only about a dozen known.

Deborah Byrd

October 6, 2012

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.