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Deborah Byrd

Rainbow over Penang Island, Malaysia

Joey Zahari Mawi caught this amazing cloud and rainbow last Saturday - September 8, 2018 - before the sunset.

Deborah Byrd

September 11, 2018

Florence tracking toward U.S. coast: How to stay safe

Hurricane Florence is on track to hit the U.S. East Coast as a major storm later this week. Here are some tips if a hurricane is heading toward your area.

Matt Daniel

Deborah Byrd

September 10, 2018

Beach mirrors sky over Lincolnshire, U.K.

When a thin film of water covered this beach, it looked as if people (and dogs) could walk in the sky.

Deborah Byrd

September 10, 2018

Stand on Mars, look around

Of course you can't really stand on Mars. But you can do the next best thing with this cool new 360-degree interactive panorama from NASA's Curiosity rover. Notice the settling dust!

Deborah Byrd

September 9, 2018

Lavender field under the Milky Way

Lavender, lavender, lavender and stars! Grafixart Sam captured this image on a summer night in the Provence region of France.

Deborah Byrd

September 8, 2018

A sun halo, sundogs and more

Halos around the sun or moon aren't uncommon, but this is a really special one. Thanks to Martin Male, who captured it from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Deborah Byrd

September 6, 2018

Saturn’s famous hexagon towers above cloudtops

As wide as 2 Earths - like nothing seen on any other world - Saturn's hexagon was thought to be a feature of the lower atmosphere, where Saturn's weather happens. Now there's evidence it extends high above the cloudtops.

Deborah Byrd

September 5, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon has made landfall

One death has been reported so far from the storm. Gordon's winds were just below hurricane-force last night when it made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border.

Deborah Byrd

September 5, 2018

Telescopic view of 4 planets

These 4 planets - from west to east, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars - have been dominating our evening sky. They'll stay up throughout September.

Deborah Byrd

September 5, 2018

Love vines suck life from wasps, leaving mummies

For the first time, biologists have documented dueling parasites in South Florida. When love vines do battle with gall wasps, the result is wasp mummies.

Deborah Byrd

Eleanor Imster

September 5, 2018

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.