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Eleanor Imster

NOAA’s 2018 US spring weather outlook

NOAA's 3-month outlook predicts that U.S. will see moderate flooding, and warmer-than-normal temperatures.

Eleanor Imster

March 19, 2018

How did turtles get their shells?

Where did turtles come from? And how did the they get their shells? The answers to these questions caused scientists to rethink the entire history of reptile evolution.

Eleanor Imster

March 19, 2018

Rose-colored Jupiter

This Juno spacecraft image, taken February 7, 2018, captures a close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops in planet Jupiter's northern hemisphere.

Eleanor Imster

March 18, 2018

Calling all cloud-gazers! NASA needs your help

Take pictures of clouds to help scientists.

Eleanor Imster

March 15, 2018

Hubble finds relic galaxy close to home

The Hubble Space Telescope looks at a very rare and odd assemblage of stars that has remained essentially unchanged for the past 10 billion years.

Eleanor Imster

March 15, 2018

Colorado serenade

You'll enjoy this one. Gorgeous views of day and night skies over the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.

Eleanor Imster

March 13, 2018

Day meets night on Jupiter

The Juno spacecraft captured this image during its 11th close flyby of the planet. It shows swirling cloud formations around Jupiter's south pole.

Eleanor Imster

March 9, 2018

Send your name to the sun

NASA's Parker Solar Probe, launching this summer, will travel closer to the sun than any spacecraft yet - and you can send your name along for the ride. Hear about it from William Shatner.

Eleanor Imster

March 8, 2018

Scientists discover supercolony of 1.5 million penguins

The Adélie penguins on the Danger Islands had gone undetected because the islands are so remote and the water surrounding them so treacherous.

Eleanor Imster

March 8, 2018

Milky Way and zodiacal light over Death Valley

Jeff Berkes captured the Milky Way and the zodiacal light from California's Death Valley National Park on February 16.

Eleanor Imster

March 8, 2018

Eleanor Imster

Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.