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Deborah Byrd

Wow! A rare waterspout over Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan

An EarthSky community member caught this rare waterspout over Sun Moon Lake on November 16, 2023. What a catch! Thank you, Bob!

Deborah Byrd

November 17, 2023

Do we all see the same moon phase from Earth?

No matter where you are on the globe, we all see the same moon phase. So why do photos from a distant location sometimes look different from what you're seeing?

Deborah Byrd

November 17, 2023

Lost tool bag from spacewalk caught on video

NASA astronauts accidentally lost a tool bag during a spacewalk on November 2. Now, observers on the ground have caught the tool bag on video. See it here.

Eddie Irizarry

Deborah Byrd

November 14, 2023

Uranus at opposition on November 13, 2023

Uranus at opposition is November 13, 2023. At this time, it's brightest for the year and visible to the eye under optimum conditions. Here's how to see it.

Deborah Byrd

November 12, 2023

Seasons of Uranus, a sideways world

The seasons of Uranus, each over two decades long, result from its tilted rotation axis, making for strange summers and winters on that planet.

Deborah Byrd

November 12, 2023

Iceland braces for eruption of Fagradalsfjall volcano

Iceland declared a state of emergency on November 10, 2023, near Fagradalsfjall volcano, dormant for 800 years until 2021. Now it looks poised to erupt again.

Deborah Byrd

November 11, 2023

Daylight Time ends Sunday: 7 tips to help you adjust

Daylight Time ends on November 5, 2023. Here are 7 tips from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to help you adjust to the time change.

Deborah Byrd

November 3, 2023

Jupiter and Earth just past its closest, now at opposition

Giant Jupiter is closest to Earth for 2023 on November 1-2. Then Earth will fly between the sun and Jupiter - bringing Jupiter to opposition - on November 2-3.

Deborah Byrd

November 2, 2023

A fogbow is cousin to a rainbow

A fogbow is like a white rainbow. It's made by much the same process as rainbows but with a fog's smaller water droplets instead of larger raindrops.

Deborah Byrd

November 2, 2023

Why is Jupiter closest to Earth 1 day before opposition?

Jupiter's perihelion, closest point to the sun in 2023, is on November 1-2. The distance between the sun and Jupiter will be 369,964,113 miles (595,399,525 km).

Deborah Byrd

November 1, 2023

Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd 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. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. 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.