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Eleanor Imster

Video: Big Bang breakthrough explained with a towel and an apple

Two-minute video explanation of this week's announcement about gravitational waves and the Big Bag - using a towel, an apple and a ping pong ball.

Night scene from Kvænangsfjellet in Norway

A spring color palette, and yet ... so chilly.

Crescent Saturn

Do you love to look at the crescent moon? Here's a view of the crescent planet Saturn.

Watch ‘father of inflation’ learn of gravitational waves discovery

Physicist Andrei Dmitriyevich Linde is one of the main authors of inflationary universe theory. Watch his emotions as he learns his theory was proven true this week.

Astronomers map out Earth’s place in the universe

Where are we? Astronomers have created a map that shows our Milky Way galaxy and its immediate neighborhood in the universe.

Look at the March full moon!

Images of the March 16 full moon from all around the world

Full moon over the Acropolis

Last night's full moon rising over the Acropolis of Athens, Greece

Video: Bill Nye tells how the Science Guy came to be

Bill Nye uses the unlikely pairing of Steve Martin and Carl Sagan as role models to become "the Science Guy."

Summer stars coming into view at dawn

The three stars of the Summer Triangle - Deneb, Vega, and Altair - in the March morning sky over Pennsylvania

Five awesome BIG bee faces

Get face-to-face with these awesome bees. USGS macro photos of bees and insects.